It is much easier to find HELOCS for your primary residence, but some lenders will do a HELOC on a investment property as well 

I would tell people today that if you buy a primary residence expect to stay in that home for atleast five years, especially with a FHA loan which has lower down payment as the current forecasts for home appreciation or very low which with closing costs on the buy and sell, it will take several years to have equity in the property and enough to be able to sell, so that is something also to consider.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

The main reason I ask is because that is significantly below primary residence mortgage rates let alone any investment loans, if you can get rates like that I might need to make some changes on my end hahahTo answer your original question, assuming all else is equal long-term fixed rate debt is valuable. 

We have been told that fha will not cover this since there’s are two residences on the property.

@Nick Henry this also comes down to how much time you have available and how much effort you are able to put into purchasing a home or building and doing renovations and then finding quality residents to live and take care of your asset.

The duration for rent increase is one month for tenants that have resided less than a year, two months if more than a year. 

The parent must file a gift tax return annually, and any remaining balance is included in the estate.If the home was your primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years, you may exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 if married filing jointly) of capital gains from taxes.

Looking for various tax strategies to reduce the reality that a large RV or boat is a grossly depreciating assetI would not have a loan, so claiming it as a primary or secondary residence and claiming the mortgage deduction is not applicable.I sold my primary residence and I have several rental properties which I use as I'm fixing them up.What I'm pondering is living aboard and working aboard developing a new product, while traveling.  

Hello all,I just closed on my primary residence with an FHA loan so I am not able to house hack since I am obligated to live in the residence for a year.