duplex?!

[bacarolle.livejournal.com]

Hello,

First post here--hello everyone.

My wife and I started renting in Winter Hill about a year and a half ago.
We've grown to love the area and are now considering purchasing a home in Somerville or possibly Medford.

I was wondering if anyone here has experience purchasing a duplex and doing the whole owner-occupied-rent-out-the-other-unit thing.

I've read my fair share of advice online, and I have a co-worker who says it's worked out great for him, but it would be good to get the perspective of fellow Somervillians with experience in this.