Convert the Property to a Primary Residence: If you live in the property for at least two of the five years before selling, you may qualify for the primary residence exclusion, which allows you to exclude up to $250,000 of capital gains ($500,000 for married couples) from taxation.4.

To me, this meant longer vacancies between tenants to find a qualified tenant.  

Sometimes if that is an approval verse a bank account showing $500K for example, the agent on the list side may need a little education on what you are looking to do, I always have the lender call the agent in this situation to get them on board to get the listing agent more on board. 

Investor qualifies for REPS2.

They probably got the Golden Visa where you only have to spend 500k on real estate to qualify and you get citizenship in addition you only have to spend 2 weeks a year in country. 

The ability to use leverage and reduce taxes in your highest earning years without having to put money into qualified retirement accounts is a great way to build wealth.So - If you own an STR:1.

And I generally require a sponsor that has full real estate cycle experience with little to no money lost, low leverage, high skin in the game and reasonable fees and promotes.However, other investors will look at these deals as bad/too boring for them because they are more aggressive and not concerned about the risks of default, refinance, interest rates changing etc.

They say by 2028 the percentage will be closer to 30-40% of people. based on those numbers 500k plus 3 mil plus I suspect less than 2% of all folks in the US would qualify and maybe less than 1%.. 

At a high level, this is generally the path people take - we see a lot of people have success in this route - start building the portfolio with banks, low down payments, and then **generally** when you hit around 5 or so properties - it starts to make sense to switch over to LLCs, its too hard to qualify/deal with paperwork of banks and switch towards private lenders like DSCR Loans - (LLC friendly, easier) to scale past 5 or so.

Depreciation can create paper losses to offset rental income or passive income, and qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (REPS) or STR loophole can allow losses to offset W-2 income.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.