Generally speaking (and 100% hypothetical), if your best friend had a briefcase fall on his head containing $200k and you were encouraging him to invest it all in buy and hold real estate, which would you likely recommend to him if he had never previously invested in real estate? A. Single family B. Small/medium multi-family C. Find a partner with experience and capital and go after a large apartment complex. D. Other

A

all other options would probably overwhelm him

Try to use roughly 50% to acquire some MFs, then the other 50% to rehab them.