They're good rental markets and certainly OK places to live, but definitely a step down from A or B+. but 

If you lived in the property for 2 out of the last five years then you wouldn’t pay capital gains up to a certain amount.

Plumbing company says its the only way to resolve the issue I live in Jax as well and have run into this issue as well.

Feel free to connect if you'd like more information on how they can assist you.

Offer to be his/her assistant for free, do all the stuff he/she hates doing, and learn the business from them.

I do plan to live in the vacant side at least for a year, with a VA loan after a year I can take out a loan on another property.

What makes it slow in this case is that you don't really start seeing real cash flow until after year five but it's more effective than rentals in that there is little to no maintenance.Sure you can live in a home while fixing it up with the intention of selling it for a nice profit later but I think many people are already doing that and the buyers of slow flips now also have that opportunity without having to qualify with a bank.

Similar, there is rules for footage to count as living space.  

Im more a hands on learning definitely and as far as living in a unit i couldn't yet because its out of the kids school district  plus the limited space. but thats the goal, to buy a small air or inn to manage and run for work while still renting in our district and then looking to buy since we're renters again!

I’m reading Lend to Live right now actually.