Starting with a small multifamily property is a fantastic idea—it gives you a chance to live in one unit while renting out the others, which can help offset your mortgage and build equity faster.

If it is cluttered buyers will have a harder time visioning themselves living there. 

Constructed in 1910, this property features a total of 2,793 square feet of living space.

Without know more specifics, I'd suggest selling what you have now and investing in properties closer to where you live (and pursue 1031 exchanges).

I haven't lived in it long enough to be exempt from capital gains, good point on that.

Greetings BP community, I recently joined a national senior care living development team.

Built in 1961, this residence offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms within approximately 1,500 square feet of living space.

These type living arrangements are primarily short term until user circumstances change

I used to live in the lower mainland but invested where the numbers work like Vancouver Island or Northern BC.

I have a client that lives in Hawaii but owns a property in DC area.