Its not bad if you can afford it.

The real thing that will decrease housing prices is increasing supply, either by building more homes in an affordable range (and therefor probably smaller).

I will be diving into those in more details and putting together my Box based on the numbers and affordability.

I was looking for advice on what to do to be able to afford both.

Now, sometimes it is real problems that my boss also will not hire a full time maintennace person because he says we cannot afford it.  

All else being equal, lower mortgage rates reduce the cost of ownership and, thereby, allow more people to afford to buy.

I can tell you these facts:SFH lots of times do not qualify for max cash out options b/c the rent can'y support the max loan payment.2 - 4 unit houses always have a 1.5+ DSCR and never have a problem affording the max cashout...STR rental structures blow LTR rental structures out of the water. 

There are good people who, if they could, would choose to live in Class B neighborhoods, but they can only afford class C....that is your target resident.  

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