It looks like 25% down on multi family and 15-20% for single family for the down payment with convention financing.  

The average appreciation for the last 5 years from a single San Diego SFR exceeds the cash flow from the average mid west SFR for the last 50 years.  

Would you buy beat up houses and flip small single family homes?

A year later, I purchased a single family house and turned it into a rental in 2017. 

@Kyle AndersonAwesome So for your alternative investment, are you thinking single family home?

Short term, I am interested in single and multi family properties. 

Thanks to the confidence builders I continue to hear, we are closing on two single family properties at the end of July with my brother.Couple of notes I wanted to say before questions.1.

Its a 2 bed 2 bath single family unit which worked for me at the time because I had a roommate that I charged an extra $500 to and split utilities.

The bottom line, storage facilities are valued like commercial properties and not single family residences. 

For an average single family home, there isn't a ton of difference in what an agent can reasonable do to actively find you buyers.