Buyers must now enter into a contract with an agent before that agent can show them any propertiesInstead what this should read is: "Prior to showing properties, Buyers must sign either a Brokerage Disclosure to Buyer (BD-24) OR an exclusive right-to-buy listing contract."

@Nima Rezvani Yes you can 1031 from one investment property to another investment property and then later convert it from investment to your primary residence.When you have then owned the property for at least 5 years and lived in it for at least 2 out of the 5 years immediately prior to sale you can then sell it. 

You'll want to get the property rented out if possible, prior to the refinance, but it should take no longer than 30-days assuming no issues with the appraisal.

(Other financing arrangements might be possible.)You can only obtain one home equity loan per year, even if you have fully paid off the prior home equity loan.Regulation of LendersTexas restricts who may lawfully issue a home equity loan.An unlicensed person is not permitted to make a home equity loan unless that individual is either related with the borrower to the second degree, or is the seller and is providing financing for the property.A home equity loan must be secured only by the home itself, and the lender may not attach the loan to any additional assets as collateral.

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Or local only investor who is well known in the community can get those from banks thats why you see this huge amount of HML PML entering the space since 2010 prior to 2010 there was a fraction of the amount of HML pML as there is today.

I told the tenant that I will be allocating their last months rent, that was transfered from the prior landlord, for the month of September and served the tenant a 30 day notice to quit (no cause).

I guess I shouldn't have waited this long to reach out to him, but in prior years I'd set an appointment with him for that same week and would be in and out within one hour. 

Keep your cash safe and get a realtor who actually sold real estate prior to 2008.

I purchased this property as a primary residence with a VA loan and lived in it for approximately 2 years prior to renting it out.