@Arlen Chou  I bought my first primary in Milpitas in 1975 / 1976.. 

to the tenantmore liquid (only investors would buy multi family, where as SFH, can be purchased by people looking for primary resident as well)Cons:Less GROSS rent (typically)more roofs and other capex to repairMFHPros:More rentless capExeven if some units are vacant, there may be SOME income to cover your cost (but not always)Cons:most likely attract not as established tenants. more possibility of eviction or tenants not taking good care of the home.if you are managing it yourself, it's a headache to deal with multiple tenants (more work, more complaints)you are liable for expenses around maintaining the common areasI think you just need to run some numbers based on your area and see what you are comfortable with. 

Hi all,A couple years ago I moved out of my first primary residence and started renting it. 

My advise is "Live where you want to and invest where you need to" I love living in my hometown~Santa Cruz~and other than our primary res. and fix and flips, the numbers don't work for me so we go out of state. 

@Donald Coleman I chose to go the online course route, but I'm an introverted self-starter, Type A, online-learning-lover and wanted to get my license faster than a traditional in-person course would allow.

I want to capture the equity in my primary home(condo) to fund my first BRRR deal. 

I'm moving forward on buying a house from a friend, it will be my primary residence.

From our traditional bank 1st mortgage holder we can get an option of a HELOC with a 1-year fixed rate advance with a rate of 3.235% fixed for 1-year and then a fixed rate of 5.5%.  

My former primary residence is assessed by the township, at $24,000.

I tried, before the crash, to take 80% equity out to buy another unit but had zero luck at securing traditional funding through a bank.