SFR vs Duplex or 4 Plex

[Albert Fiorillo]

Hello Everyone,

I am a newbie starting out in Real Estate Investing. At first i was primarily looking into SFR units to buy and hold for the long term with a minimal amount of net cash flow per month per unit. Are there pros and cons to having a duplex or 4 plex vs a SFR?

from what i gather the pros would be the following:
increased monthly rental income (as you have more units)
Vacancy risk is spread out more.

cons:
Duplex and 4 plex may not apperciate as highly as SFR and could be harder to sell in the long run. But this may not be an issue for me as my strategy is to buy an hold for a long time.

Any advice/comments would be great.

thanks
Al