If you've enjoyed a lot of appreciation in the value of your primary home, you may want to start a timer to sell before losing the "lived in the house for 2 of the last 5 years" capital gains exemption (limited; not infinite, but big).  

Some people go to Lake Lewisville/Dallas/Grapevine, but I don't hear about them spending the night and there are pretty limited options right on the water.I still hear a few people going up to Broken Bow/Hochatown, but that talk is way way down since about 2021. 

Great posts - Asset protection is a legitimate way to guard against personal liability and contain liability to a single entity.  

With your skillset and limited finances, it might be great to be a small partner on a deal with another flipper or be some of the work on the deal so you can see how it feels time wise.

Try to avoid renting out a single family to an actual family because you will limit how much juice you can squeeze from that property. 

So does the book provide a loophole to the three property limitation to the “mortgage origination” rule (Dodd Frank)?

This limited inventory will likely continue to drive prices upward.Sales - Median $/SF by MonthThe $/SF increased slightly MoM, bucking the seasonal trend.

Hoping there is an opportunity despite my limited capital

So if you are selling a property in a given year, it might be worthwhile to talk with your CPA and see if selling some stock at a loss would be helpful (since otherwise capital losses are limited to $3,000 as Joshua mentioned). 

As stated above, this limits your conventional loan options, and means your rate will be higher with either a Conventional Loan or DSCR loan once you do the refi!