I think maybe the regular standard mileage deduction might be my route then.

Ok yeah we are thinking of getting an investment property loan so we can stay in our current home.If we did the FHA route we are considering on living in the new property for 1 year and then moving back into our old one after the year is up.We are curious if we would get a more favorable rate if we borrowed from our home equity to buy the investment property.Do you have any idea if many investors borrow from their home equity to get started?  

Cheaper shipping routes, improve S.American economies lessons illegal immigrations, a weaker Chinese economy means a weaker Chinese military threat...... 

That route might save you some money, but it would require a bit more of your time to find the right team and manage the process.

Going this route is more involved and that makes it more costly too.

CA there is NO possibility of a deficiency judgement on a purchase money owner occ loan.. borrower can walk and the worse that happens is their credit will have a foreclosure if the bank goes that route or a deed in lu. 

You may save a few thousand dollars going this route, but may lose a few hundred thousand dollars if you are not dialing in on your strategy and numbers. 

I've set aside 80k for a property, but I think commercial multifamily would be the best route for me.

Not sure if that’s the best route to go so looking for advice/connections.  

Some background on me - I went to college with a degree I thought I was gonna use, thought I wanted to apply to PT school, but soon after I graduated I had a massive change of heart and decided that I no longer wanted to pursue that route anymore because I felt my future was so much brighter than to be stuck working day and night in that kind of profession.