I have some upcoming repairs needed that outweigh the Homestead Exemption and plan to make my primary home a long term rental in the next 7 years but the repairs can’t wait.  

Thanks, BrianLook back through the thread.

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If you and your wife are on the same page, I say absolutely go for it.Don't worry about the naysayers telling you to invest out of state if that's not something you're comfortable with right now.

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The companies that market themselves as "garage door companies" (residential) also almost always do commercial stuff as well, such as what you are looking at.

The only two ways to rectify this are (1) purchase the property far below market price or (2) significantly increase the property net income usually through some method of “repositioning”. 

I used to live in the lower mainland but invested where the numbers work like Vancouver Island or Northern BC.

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