Tenants that own the improvements tend to stay longer since it's harder to sell or move the home.If you own the homes, you're basically operating an apartment where you're still fixing toilets and other issues that can arise from the improvements.

Absentee Owners are the most popular for investors.

Listsource is a very popular place to buy leads, but these are usually fairly saturated for that reason.

They were very popular a few years ago and it was getting harder to find side flush toilets. 

Turnkey is a popular investment for folks who are priced out of their own market (like NY), but you need to do the legwork to ensure you go with a quality outfit.

These are popular in your industry for managing cash flow gaps. 

That has been very popular here lately. 

@Mica Moore I would agree with @Nicholas Sheridan, Jr. here - location dictates how many units are the best, for example if you have an university close by or location have a lot of young professionals then studio/1 bedrooms would be very popular. 

I believe the odds are not in our favor for cash flowing multi families in the popular areas of JC and Hoboken in that price range, but I think the numbers are better if you go a little deeper west staying on the train lines.

Accessibility to Equity, you can always open lines of credit or term out a property if the need arises.