We are currently seeking some buy and hold rental investment properties, mainly small multi-family properties or single-family homes in the St.

Let's say I buy a multi family property using an FHA, I live in it for a year and then after 1 year has passed I decided I wanted to sell it and leave the country.

I’m looking to learn how to flip houses faster and better and get some flip and hold properties and maybe some multi-family also.

At this point, I am looking for SFR or maybe small multi unit, something to get my feet wet. 

How do you house hack in an area where there’s actually zero multi family’s on the MLS?

I’ve mainly been working with realtors on the small Multis in the Keys but I’ve been toying with sending a mailer and starting up some ads.

If I can't morph into a bigger multi plex, I am just keeping it, and I know I am not the only one with these kinds of 'gains'.

I have appraised all types of property-- vacant land, small/medium multi-family, large multi-family 200 to 1,000 units; student housing, new construction, hotels/motels, RV parks, office/industrial/retail, shopping centers, special use, etc.

Similar homes in the area are selling for 185,000 to 200,000.My goal is to buy a multi family.

On CapEx though, there's a lot of subtlety going on with those numbers that get glossed over but make a lot of difference in the performance of the property.Ask most accountants or multi-family expert and they will tell you that Cap Ex is subtracted after NOI (or below the line as someone said above) so technically does not affect the valuation.