I am working on a plans for a 4-unit retail development in Bourbonnais.

With a duplex, you can do STR, MTR, or long term rental on the unit you don't occupy and those options might give you a substantial boost in CASH FLOW.Yeah living in that duplex might not be as nice as that newly constructed SFH but the VERY small sacrifice now will pay HUGE dividend down the road.  

I am looking for multi family 2-4 units.

I recently stumbled upon this email that informs me of national real estate trends and it has helped me sound smarter in front of my clients. 

We use a very cumbersome product built for 50+ unit PM Co's, but when we were smaller we used Guesty and liked it except they did not have trust accounting, which I think they do now.  

I have a question a friend of mine that owns some property said it’s going to be harder for me to get a four unit next because I acquired a duplex first is this true ? 

There are two people living in the unit, one has signed, the other hasn't. 

It would be nice to see the Median Price/Median Purchase graphically on the state/national map as well. 

But I find the C+/B units have the best balance of income and affordability.  

In my opinion, the NAR settlement forces Brokers to be more of a 'value add' vs a commodity. It forces agents to be transparent about what they are providing for their X%. It's a good thing, it will make brokers work ...