My wife and I own our primary residence, and hopefully by next summer will be ready to purchase a multi family.

I have been searching for multi-family houses in my general area for a while and it is tough to find multi-family houses to house hack in decent neighborhoods.

As a developer, I really love how easy it is to integrate Carrot with other systems (e.g.

I am looking at a multi family in cincinnati and I am debating "house hacking" one of the units  while we renovate it to get better financing or just running it as a rental.

Quick background I co-own/manage 192 multi family units. 

Raising rent on these properties is not subject to the 3% or so annual cap that multi-units are subject to.

John,I'm interested in your wholesales - shoot me a PM if you have any good multis in Allegheny County. 

They'll call it a solid "B" area when it's a "C-" area; they'll say it has great space for the price, but the rooms are all chopped up and not very usable; they'll say it has great amenities, but those amenities are a 30 year old dishwasher and a central hvac system that groans and clanks when it turns on.

Squeezing a tenant for the money through the court system will most likely end in a waste of your time and money.

@Matt Gilroy, I have three properties in Northern Virginia, one property in San Diego, one property in the Myrtle Beach area, and two multi-family properties in southern Ct.