I believe I’d need to live there for at least 2 years and hold the property for 5 years but would like a confirmation if possible?

And I genuinely believe there can be such a thing as win-win.  

Although I believe I can see the path to my first rental easily, I'm having a hard time figuring out how I'd get to the next one. 

@Oren Kachel  We're getting growth due to increased cross-border trade, some oil money, as well as the general growth that Texas is seeing as a whole.

Thank you for taking the time to reply - in fact, I was just thinking about this and yes, I believe that I would - the reviews and information that I have gathered all suggests that the businesses in the area are simply awful - and it would be interesting for them to have some competition.

Quote from @Garrett Brown: @Michael Baum I can't believe it is basically the PAC2 now lol.

I think Buildium has more features than most believe, some of the more advanced options just take a while to figure out if it is not your specialty (ie accounting in my case....had to teach myself).  

yup I believe loans in excess of your basis the interest is not deductable.. and from what is posted sounds like that would for sure be the situation  .. so maybe if he chooses to take the loans he needs to only borrow his basis.. on each property.

I believe there are too many variables for that kind of model to work.

Hope you get another better offer :)I don’t worry until the buyer asks what the viscosity of the oil is. …