My brother and I are in the beginning stages of forming an investment company, and we've decided that duplexes (or possibly triplexes/4 plexes) is where we'd like to focus for our buy and hold strategy.

Actually since relocating to So Cal we've been so focused on getting business established that I'm online far too much, looking for land, etc., and it's easy to pop in to BP.

However, after spending a lot of time reading everything I could in here, I've decided to focus on MFH and try to spatter in a few SFH, if the market allows, after a couple years of positive cash flow.My goal is to pick up a duplex to begin.

If you're rehabbing and flipping a few properties here and there, then you could label yourself a turnkey provider, but I separate a flipper from a provider as those that focus and specialize their business on a regular volume of renovated properties, typically off-market, and usually sold to investors.

You have to keep your head in the game and stay FOCUSed.

You should first focus your career and yourself in your own field - accounting.

Per your advice, I will focus on the first 4 and worry about the rest later

However, Columbia is not exactly an Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC and I was wondering if I should focus really hard on looking for a good property in my area or would it be worth going farther away, to say Charlotte(about 1.5 hours away), with a higher work force and most likely a higher demand for housing.

Over the past year, I've focused much of my time on personal growth and development, pretty much reading everything I can get my hands on :).

We are focusing on 3/2/2 starter homes on the North side of Houston.