If the primary goal, and it should be, of every investor is a return of capital and the secondary goal is maximum return on that capital, then you are in a great position.The real problem you need to solve, as I see it, is taking advantage of the unused equity in your Atlanta property.

Give me your info and we can bounce some ideas that might work. 

@Kristin SolbachIs your primary residence in TX? 

Second, I have a question about REPS status in a longer term sense.The primary benefit of REPS status, as I see it, is to take passive real estate losses, usually from depreciation and accelerated depreciation via cost-segregation, and use those losses to offset active income, reducing current or future AGI and tax burden.I’m clear about this benefit, but what I’m unclear on is the consequence in out years.For example, if I put $100K into a multifamily syndication, and the syndication does a cost seg, resulting in a $40K loss, I believe that a Real Estate Professional could claim that $40K loss against their other income and reduce their AGI accordingly.

No experience with non performing notes.My idea is to buy these notes with the primary goal of accessing the property through foreclosure, knowing that there are several other possible outcomes.

For non-primary residences, they have to follow all of the following rules to receive a permit: - the property must be a minimum of one (1) acre in size (designed as a precaution to disturbances)- The building standards of the underlying zone district must be met - Adequate parking is provided - Defensible Space requirements are met - Valid water and sanitation must be demonstrated - No more than five (5) bedrooms are in the dwelling As time goes on, they continue to become more strict on the rules listed above here, and are actively regulating it.

In addition, the capital outlay starts long before any income and the detracting of something from the primary structure even if it is just yard space.As indicated, my original protege made a lot of money (over $500k) on a land transaction associated with a large count ADU development.  

I'm finding out that if I make the property my primary residence for 1 yr and then turn it into a rental.

Here's my primary reasons:Expenses disproportionately impact lower rent collecting properties For illustration purposes compare two identically designed 1+1 duplexes in the same market.  

I have a 3/2.5 in Old Lake Highlands near White Rock Lake (~1 mile) that my family and I are living in as a primary residence, but I have been thinking about house hacking into another house and then doing a MTR on this 3/2.5.