Hello friends,I am planning to buy a multi-family (4 to 24 units) in Boston metro/Lexington (other surrounding areas) Massachusetts for buy and hold.

I know @Jim Murray has helped buyers from California buy multis in RI before - I'd suggest sending him a PM.

Ideally I would like to get started in small multi families and could be interested to an FHA loan under the right circumstance. 

Did you know you can collect referral fees through your broker without the expense of multi state licenses?

Because most of these searches were for large, multi-million dollar projects with often complicated legal issues, I essentially got paid to just go over all the documents line by line and flag any issues.

The exemption does exist for owner occupied multis 4 units or less, or on single families if you own 3 units or less. 

I'm a single family investor now ready to transition into Multi-family and looking for some good informational resources to get started. 

I've never had a problem getting closed on SFR - but Multi-family (Apartments) are different animals. 

I am currently a shift manager at arbys, but in school to become a Pastor, and hoping to rent out single/multi family houses.I’m here in Lenoir/Hickory area but I’m from a little town called East Jordan Mi. 

I often recommend this strategy to newbies if it's feasible for them.You can use this financing to purchase a multi-unit property (like a duplex, triplex, or if you're lucky a quadruplex) and you're able to count up to 90% of the current rents in the property towards your income.