My girlfiend and I are looking in La Grange and Brookfield which is not quite as fast west as you, but my aunt lives in Wheaton so I am quite familiar with your area.What's your game plan over the next two years? 

Albuquerque is already such a wonderful place to live and do business so I am all for anything that will make it even better.  

Own living quarters.  

I'm planning on buying a small multifamily first and foremost so I have a place to live and then will either buy a single family or another multi family depending on what I can find/fits my criteria at the time.

If you’re just starting or want to minimize risk, house hacking is a killer move—grab a duplex, live in one unit, rent the other, and let it pay down your mortgage while you scale up.

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This not only defers the taxes on the two rental properties but then once they live in the primary residence for at least 2 years that home now qualifies for the Section 121 exclusion on the gain.

I got tired of paying to live in other people’s homes.

If you are doing a live-in flip why not use that equity for a down payment with a refi or HELOC?

I suppose I would not be looking for a primary residence immediately as I won’t live in it while I’m still living overseas.