Pro: In addition to MLS access your brokerage might provide access to other resources such as detailed online assessment data not available free to the public. 

Since I have the $500K exemption, does that reduce the exchange amount from $2.5MM to $2MM?

The address was submitted to their red book and now shows up online as official address when I try to ship items from Amazon or similar websites.

I keep reading different things online.

Instead of cutting your market in half, I recommend finding ways to allow pets while reducing risk and increasing income.I allow fish tanks up to 20 gallons (275 pounds). 

 You may be able to secure higher leverage financing through alternative lenders than a traditional bank (not always the case) and this may help advance your objective of reducing the down payment/cash requirement but that may only be temporary relief as you will likely pay more over the course of the loan because of higher rates and fees.

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All your first set of questions can be answered by looking online or calling several local competitors.Your accounting questions though, show such a lack of basic knowledge that you probably shouldn't be doing this until you have more experience.

The idea is to purchase a single-family residence where they would help cover the mortgage, or at least reduce my monthly payments.I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience with house hacking!

I guess this is a perk of buying at the peak of rates now that the Fed wants to reduce rates in the near future.