@Kyle DoneySo I purchased a home in Portland hoping to make it pay for itself and am actually making money and am really torn between expanding my "furnished rental portfolio of 1 :)" or turning to traditional homes or multi-family residences.While my market is different than yours, the best way I have found to determine the market is to look at VRBO.com.

Hi!

I'm Kelly and I'm brand new to the forum! I'm really excited to have found it, as it's already motivated me to pursue my dreams of full time investing. I understand that comes with lots of work though. My...

We hold a real estate portfolio of single family residential property, multi family, commercial development, commercial buildings, and hotel properties.

One house is a multi unit that all my buyers just don't want because it's too far out of their buying criteria or they just want single families.

With a tenant occupied multi-family it's an iffy situation where I may be able to see only some of the units but not all, then it's a bigger leap of faith.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookConsider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

I'm still trying to negotiate the price down on a local multi-family.

First time REI here. My business partner and I are looking to buy a duplex for $140,000. We would live in one side and rent out the other. Both sides have two bedrooms and one bath a piece. The duplex was built...

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookConsider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

looking at buying a property for buy and hold to rent found two properties that are close to same price not sure which is the better way to go the single family home is in a better area rent from 800-900 multi unit is in an area full of more renters when its full would be around 1300 but the single family house is a spot where the values or more likely to improve faster and make easier to sell for a way out if needed down the road so what are your opinions thanks