After 2 years of occupancy (VA Loan), refinance and take the equity to purchase another multi-family. 

Mary is this a multi million dollar property.. most of our builder risk insuring 250k construction loans are in the 800 a year range.. ????

Start with a multi-family you could live in.

I recommend QuickBooks Pro DesktopYou can keep track of all your properties Income minus expenses giving you your bottom line per property by using the Class Feature in QuickBooks. 

I’ve been trying to find a good multi family to house hack, majority of them are in not the best part of the city.

@Bjorn Ahlblad I've run numbers on several multi family residences. none of them had a ConC return above 7%.

The company invests in multi-family properties across the US.

There are not many multi-family deals right now unless I invest interstate.We already own a duplex cash flowing 2690...so this next purchase is real important to launch us to the next steps.Thank you!

I had to use a different system to track contact information for owners, tenants, and vendors.

Also keep track of when you call the city and when he gives you a notice of non-renewal.