Paul, MN, requires an additional county inspection when buying or selling, emphasizing the need for local regulatory knowledge.

Hi all,I'm looking to house hack in the next year or two and have been connecting with brokers and looking on Redfin, Zillow, Movoto, etc.I'd really prefer to buy a Triplex or Quadplex, but I'm having a hard time finding many if any options.

Generally, if you are out of a job, buying anything is not a good idea until you have that secured so you aren't burning income into a fire.

Well, it is if you want to buy. 

I'm going to buy things each month.

It's a good way to get to know a neighborhood because if you here that PMs don't want to manage there, I don't want to buy there.

Buying out of state is fine. 

People think they can use the internet to skip this step. 

Did you form a LLC for buy-hold strategy?

If that park is like most parks 90% of the people that work there won't be able to afford to buy a house anywhere close to the area, and honestly probably won't be able to afford apartment rent anywhere close to there.