Will the appraiser use singe family comps since a duplex is still residential?  

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Usually life events such as job relocation, birth (or death) of a family member, marriage, divorce, etc.

I have a townhome in LA that a family member is vacating soon.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

When I finished my closing There is an attached rider ( 1-4 Family Rider, assignment of rents) to the deed stating that Covenant Item 6 of the Security Deed is deleted.

The fha 100 mile rule will be triggered whenever you try to vacate your current primary and also trying to use the rental income to qualify.However, this 100 mile rule can be exempted for the following rulesRelocationIncrease in family sizeVacating a joint owned propertyNon-occupying co-borrowerIf you are not trying to use FHA on your 2nd house hack, you can use conventional and the rules that I mentioned above will not be a concern.

I'd try to find family/friends/network that would want to come in with you on it and share in the income.