The great divide” is between purchasing real property for CASH FLOW, or purchasing real property for CAPITAL APPRECIATION.IKnow, I know, the two are NOT mutually exclusive.  

After operating the STR for the first year can we turn the STR into our primary residence for 2 years then sell and avoid capital gains tax and depreciation recapture instead of doing a 1031 exchange?

If you're starting out with zero credit, consider building your portfolio through strategies like wholesaling or partnering with investors who have the credit and capital you might lack.

Building capital? 

I'm having trouble raising capital, is there anyone out there that can give me tip on how to raise capital?

Right now, we are working on building capital for our first investment.  

We use a hard money lender called Capital Fund!

I'm Agent/Private Capital Lender with experience in fix and flips and development located in Northern California.

I'm a California investor pushing capital into Memphis.

The U.S. offers real estate tax benefits like depreciation and favorable capital gains rates, which you can leverage while residing in Canada by structuring your investments properly.