If married you can exclude $250,000 each in capital gains if your primary residence.  

I am not afraid of the answer keep saving and I’m truly interested in any advice I can gain from everyone here!  

Leaning towards short term rentals to start then transitioning to long term for less stress over time.My goal is to have 'passive' income equal to double the national median salary.now my questions for yall.1. does all of the above make sense?

@Steven DeHart I'd start off listening to the podcasts and gaining as much knowledge as possible.

Mentorship and joint ventures are excellent ways to gain experience, and it’s essential to start small, communicate clearly, and build trust.

Not giving tax advise, so check with your CPA, but I sold a rental after it was my primary for over 2 years and as long as it was considered my primary residence "2 of the last 5 years", I did not have to pay capital gains on my property sale up to the IRS limit. 

Rather the equity than the taxable gain.

If that's the case, long term, more passive investing would be better.

Let's think about what fox news would gain from telling people Mexico is dangerous?

@Dion DePaoliHard to put an exact cause to the big gains, other than we are students of our business.