Selling may trigger capital gains tax, but if you lived there for two of the last five years, you may qualify for a Section 121 exclusion.

You pay a bit more, but you get exactly what you want and don't have to worry about maintenance for a while which is obviously a savings.I live in the Woodlands, so considering the location of my home and rental property, I'd ideally like to build this in the area of The Woodlands, Conroe, Spring, Tomball, Klein, or Cypress. 

Quote from @Allison Cutlip: Hi all, My boyfriend and I are buying our first home that is a duplex, planning to live in one unit and rent the other side.

Strategy 1: buy a duplex, live in one unit (for one year as a "primary residence) and rent out another unit as a short-term / mid-term rental on Airbnb.

That means YES, they are actually with people sitting down and scrolling through new listings every day looking for people to tag.

Hey, I was taught pimps and ho's and gang bangers gotta live somewhere too.

(But not for a “I’m going to live in it 50 weeks out of the year and rent it out two weeks”, IMHO, if that was your idea.  

My plan is to sell my primary home in New York and purchase a house to live in South Carolina.

I live approx 60 miles north of Atlanta.

@Christopher Reynolds My mantra has always been, "Live where you want to live; invest where it makes sense."