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I invest in multi’s. 4 units and under are usually considered same as residential properties. Please verify with your local municipality but I’ve never had and additional issues with my 3 and 2 units.
From a numbers perspective, unless the property is severely over valued, the numbers will look great from a cash flow perspective.
One thing to keep in mind, you should budget more for capex and maintenance. While it’s still one property, you could have 4x the amount of appliances, 4x the opportunity to mess up picking tenants, 4 times the opportunity for minor things to break. Overall, the money has been nice but def more work than just managing a single family rental.
Do the math, analyze the market, what is the growth in the area, calculate how much capex you will need per year, vacancy assumptions etc. If the math works then invest
Read up on BiggerPockets material, that‘s a lot of what they have been known in the past
Tenants turn over, possibility of people not paying rent, and stuff breaking is probably the biggest headaches and challenge of doing this + often times multi units have to deal with city code enforcers.
If you’re mentally prepared for those challenges, and the time it takes, and have ample cash flow (or you’re already a house contractor that can fix many things) then you’re in good shape. If you can’t deal with drama or headaches, while this may make you money you might quit because of the headaches. My understanding is that Most people quit because of the headaches.
It depends, which city is it in? What do the comps say? So much info needed
Where you at? Location