The seller may not want to do this, as many of these guys are benefiting from the tax deferral which comes with NOT moving title over.

From Land Guy " Landvision to make lists, but it's expensive (3800 per year, but you get unlimited data).

It is always nice to live close to your rental properties (although not absolutely necessary), and as a military guy you are able to choose where you retire to.

@Justin Windham @Dmitriy Fomichenko @George Blower Thanks, I knew I could count on you guys.

And by the way, good for you guys for getting started early.

It all depends on what is going to give you guys a greater return in the long run and be better in time allocation.

Hey guys I'm looking to buy a 2nd property in the L.A area and I want to know what the better strategy would be: 1. sell my primary residence and buy a duplex so I can do a house hack OR 2. do a cash out refinance to house hack for said duplex.

You only need two guys to do a lot of stuff. 

So, the sooner you evict the better.If you are worried about embarrassing holiday events, hire a Property Management Company and let them be the bad guys.

In the past we dealt with one guy, we paid a little higher interest but the ease was great.