In my case, I wasn’t sure my land qualified because it was essentially my back yard, but because it was always a separate lot from my house, I was able to still do it because raw land without improvements on it is always considered investment property.

I have read a couple of Brandon Turners books on house hacking and multi family and really enjoyed his writing style.

When I was younger I went from not having a FICO score because I paid for everything cash to an 800+ score in 6 months by having a couple family members and my girlfriend add me as an authorized user to their credit cards which they'd always paid on time and paid off every month.

I've had two sewer backups in the last couple of years. 

I am attending the 3 day event in a couple weeks.

It sounds like the separation between success and failure is based on proper preparation and realistic expectations.

You're better off reading the BiggerPockets forms getting a couple of books worth 100 bucks total and going from there.

Funny enough, after making a few calls to my network in Scottsdale, plus tapping into a couple of connections I’d developed through some late-night investor meetups, we found a buyer quicker than he could polish off his morning espresso.

There are a couple of key components to this.

Since you have lived in the property for two out of the previous five years you could take the first $500k of the gain tax free (as a married couple).