Any other advice you can provide in that situation to make sure I don’t get taken advantage of?

You can take advantage of first-time homebuyer programs or low down payment options since you’ll be living in the property.Exit strategy.

Being able to do your own renovations and improvements will give you a serious advantage when house hacking or even working on your own projects.Akron has some solid real estate opportunities, especially for house hacking in multi-family homes.

And then you will purchase a new investment property and all of the gain is tax deferred indefinitely as @Jaron Walling said.The way to combine and get both advantages would be to move out and turn that property into an investment property for a year. 

FF is revamping their website (among MANY other changes), especially after the new CEO came on board a year ago.I have noticed that MTR operators utilize the platforms very differently from one another and most do not know how to take advantage or optimize for better performance.

I always believe the best place to invest is where you have the most significant advantages.  

Both Knoxville and Indianapolis have their advantages.

Some lenders will base off the "mix" of commercial vs residential by sqft and some will base off of rent, and some will base off of the unit counts, so you'd want to take advantage of the lender/broker that can fit your scenario in the most favorable way possible.Is the property fully occupied?

@Matthew Brown If you don't mind diversifying your real estate portfolio there is a way to take advantage of both financing options and all of the benefits of the 1031 exchange.There is something known as a diversification exchange that allows you to sell your relinquished property and purchase multiple replacement properties.

Most of these companies are fraudulent (not saying they are) and take advantage of those in distressIf you are behind on your mortgage speak to your mortgage company - we buy defaulted debt and nothing good comes out of ignoring or avoiding the conversation.