Ideally, I am looking for a multi-family dwelling, one which I can rent out one side and live in the other. 

@Joe Kelepolo As Account Closed pointed out, you need to define your ideal property size.

Some are even trying to flip.I have around 20k to play with and think this is an ideal starting point for someone that wants passive income.

Ideally, I would love for it to be a house-hack that allows me to live for much cheaper especially because I am in an expensive market (Long Island) In my search for duplexes i see that some are listed as “legal 2 families” while others are listed as “accessory apartments”.

A Word Document would be ideal, but I can retype from a PDF as required.

What is your ideal target cap rate to invest in?

Every time I deal with someone they are slower than I am, less motivated as I am, always slowing me down.

If pulling off something like this was easy everyone would be doing it, I'm set in my ways to take a different approach towards my ideal freedom. 

Ideally you would do both, but this increases the cost. 

Ideally I would like to have financial freedom in 10years (age 53), so enough to cover portion of expenses.Thanks again for questions, made me think.