Another thing to look at is Single family homes that are zoned as Two unit homes or row homes so you can easily transform them into dulpexes. 

Investment-wise, I purchased a single family home in Lancaster, CA back in 2010 which I unloaded last year for a decent profit.

So I’ve been focusing on single family homes.

One of the issues for a lot of my military friends that have purchased a home at every duty station is that they are not able to get someone to manage a single family very well.

I also live in southern ca and invest in memphis and consistently have been advised to look for single family rentals in b plus neighborhoods. just my two cents..

I joined a real estate investment group, went to real estate networking meetings, read real estate books, took a weekend workshop on wholesaling, wholesaled some properties, once I had enough down money I borrowed money from a private lender (my real estate lawyer) and flipped a property, then another, then I had enough to buy a single family rental, partnered with my brother, bought another...now I have 82 rental units (single family, multifamily, office and commercial).

I do not know of a single case or lawyer who can think of or found where a bank has called the due on sale clause on a performing note for transferring the property into your business.

It's an older 4/2 home rented out to 4 college students which from my research draws higher rent than a single family living their.

If we sell the unit now, it is still considered a primary residence (lived there for 2 out of the 5 years preceding sales) which will exempt us from capital gain ($250k for single; $500K for married filing joint).

Or would you wait and try to find a good combination unit to live in / rent out, but possibly face +1 to +2% interest rates.There seem to be a few locations where I might be able to roughly breakeven if I move out 1-2 years from now and rent it out, but they are in suburban areas that far from DC, and as a single guy in his late 30's, it concerns me that I'd end up being a hermit.How would you balance lifestyle vs. investing at this point?