When you are ready, you might take a gander at this string on 1031 exchange, it has some great info about partial OO (Owner Occupied) units and creative ways to complete a 1031 and utilise a 121. 

I was also planning on utilising private money for the down payment for the hard money loan common which is usually about 10%.

Scored an owner finance deal in San Antonio recently that's utilising a third party service company.

If you want to see the data check out my YouTube channel, I have covered this in almost every market update.There are a few things that are different this time compared to 2008: the demand is real (not driven by speculation, but by millennials who want their first house), the supply is short, we still have low production and no vacant homes, lending is conservative, home equity is large, but HELOC utilisation is low, and none of this is looking to chnage any time soon, so I think the current trend and direction is going to stick with us for years to come! 

I’ve read The Book On Rental Property Investment so I am familiar with the idea of leveraging my properties, which I plan to utilise. 

I want to repeatedly utilise cash-flow profits and equity to purchase more houses to grow my portfolio long term. 

If the deed has the LLC and yet the loan is in my personal name, am I not voiding any benefit to utilising a LLC?

If you can utilise that period to build up a lot of capital, you will only be better off.

Bottom Line Up Front: I would like to avoid capital gains tax and utilise the profit on my potential sale to reinvest in a property that I could cash flow on even with the concern in the market. 

Keep in mind I dislike the slim margins, tenant damage and general under utilisation of money invested on SFHs if your intent is to generate maximum passive income.