I am new and interested in learning more about property investment and how it works.1.

There are really great REI opportunities in different markets - markets in the Midwest and Southeast of the country are particularly lucrative - where not only are the purchase prices reasonable for most RE investors, but the homes are turnkey (new builds or completely rehabbed homes, tenant ready, systems 10 years of life remaining on them, property management teams in place) with appreciating home value AND appreciating rent.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Also, if you plan to live there for a period of time, which makes your families life easiest? 

So if you have more than a $786k NET GAIN (not cash, not equity, GAIN) you’ll be able to take the full $500k tax free and then do an exchange on the remainder. 3) For that exchange to work you’ll have to buy an investment, not primary home that costs more than the remaining sales price, and reinvest all the “cash” beyond that $500k.

Understanding what you can afford will help you narrow down deals that actually work for you!

Or are you manually working with PropertyMeld?  

If he would come down on his price I would get a rehab loan and make it work. 

you probably just need to find a few other John Lashers and work on it together.  

Hi Ben, I work with a lot of SoCal investors throughout Oregon.