Looking to utilize my equity as necessary as I purchased during the onset of COVID before the prices skyrocketed.

I borrowed $110K from a private lender for the purchase and self funded the repair of the offices. 3 months later, I rented 6,000 sq.ft. of office space to a corporation for $21,000/month + utilities for 5 years with another 5 year option.

I recently acquired my first primary residence and am seeing ways I can best utilize the space for real estate investing.

As this approach uses very little documentation, it is the least reliable methodology in preparing a cost segregation study.To see all of the steps included within each method, refer to Chapter 3 of the IRS Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide.What methodology has your company utilized?

Utilizing the VA loan is a good first step in terms of investing.

You're marking the equities to most recent returns, the reality is a real estate investment to live in is a guaranteed rate of return and serves utility. 

While you can have a checklist of income, credit score, criminal background, landlord reference, etc, to me the bigger tell of good versus less than good tenants came from all the interactions prior to leasing.  

(To avoid months of probate and thousands if not $10’s of thousands of dollars in costs.)Hawaii is considered a "TOD deed state," meaning that residents can utilize Transfer on Death (TOD) deeds to designate beneficiaries who will inherit their property upon their death, allowing for a potential bypass of probate court proceedings.If she is already in memory care center.

There are quite a number of things that can make utilizing an FHA loan more difficult such as more barriers during appraisal, appearance of low qualification/little cash, typically longer closing period, likely higher interest rate, and PMI cannot be dropped without a refinance if 3.5% down.That said, just chain 5% down conventional loans, and make sure your duplexes pay for themselves.  

Replacement homes will be climate hardened, smaller, functional and include consideration for the type of infrastructure, architecture and sustainable/durable materials utilized.