This is meant to exclude primary residences which are, by default, for personal use the majority of the time.

Exclude the City of Wilkes Barre the  Kingston, Edwardsville areas are booming along with the other Boroughs.  3 br 1 bath single family homes are going from anywhere $1k to $1200 per month all day long. 

However speaking as an investor, I wouldn't exclude these just because of that.

If you have, you may be able to exclude the capital gain as a result of the sale.

I've decided the best way for me to start is to find a duplex/MFR to househack, but as you all know, Orange County and Southern CA in general is a completely different animal than anywhere else (excluding maybe the SF Bay area) when it comes to values and finding deals. 

What price range which will dictate what areas they can exclude due to the values of the properties exceed their finances? 

. $70,000 of excludable gain is approximately $10,000 tax savings if your capital gains tax rate is 15%Additional savings are made if you live in a high tax state.Another thing to consider is a 2-3 year lease is great as you don't have to worry about finding a new tenant for a while.

@Michael Norris on conventional market you need 2 years of employment in the same line of work, you can have 10 employers, it doesn't matter as long as you have 2 years continuous history, we exclude the work gaps.

Exclude the evasive, shady and the hard to contact.4.

You can’t just exclude options trading from the equation because you think it’s too complicated for new investors.