If that leads to a more structured and education based meeting, then that is great - if it remains just a place to gather and bounce ideas and network, that's great too.

Quote from @Jimmy Chao: I am weighing some options to help my younger brother buying his first primary with a fixer.

All the tax deferral of the 1031 and still using it to purchase your next primary residence as well.

FHA loans require living in the home as your primary residence for 1 year after purchase.

I was preapproved with that amount before, but it was for a single family, primary residence about six months ago.

I'm going to exclude my personal residence from this because I don't view this as an investment, I need a place to live.Excluding my primary residence my current breakdown is 47% real estate 53% stocks/cash. 

If you lose your source of primary income, do you have enough cash to make it through the crisis? 

I've got about $525K in equity in the property, but lenders have told me that I cannot get a HELOC to access that equity for additional purchases because the duplex was financed as an investment - they have said TX law dictates that HELOC can only be used on primary residences.

I plan to purchase a primary residence, multi-family home (2-5 units, 'house-hack'). 

Don't grill me too hard.I own three rental properties, one is my primary residence with an apartment (5 units total between 3 properties: 1 airbnb, 2 medium term healthcare leases, and 2 long-term rentals).