However, I currently work & reside in LA and have done the math as well as talked to others it does not seem "smart" to invest in property around LA nor southern California for that matter, especially if I want to house hack It ruly have no desire to live within the property I purchase I want to treat it as a business more so than anything else. 

And then doing HELOC on primary residence.

I am from NY but reside in Va beach, VA.

How would I pull comps on a property listed as commercial but used as a residence?

If you want to live in one of the units of a MF as your primary residence then you would need to make sure that the value of the other 3 was equal to or greater than your sale in order to defer all tax.Example:  If you sell your rental now for 600K and wanted to buy a 4 plex for $800 then you could move into one of the units (1/4th of the building) as your primary because the units are each roughly worth $200K and you would be using 3 of them ($600K) as investment.

But if he wants he can speak to this..I just look at some of the most successful folks I know and they have a lot of real estate paid for.. bottom line. my self personally I have paid off or sold all my long term contingent liabilities including my residences although I still have a little to go on my Oregon home but I have no more than 20% LTV on it.. 

It is the basement of our primary residence in which we clean and manage.

I live in Monroe, LA, which has over 50% of residents below the poverty level.

My name is Amber Kramer and I'm a new investor in the Mid-Michigan area.I currently own my primary residence that I purchased more than 12 years ago and I'm hoping to start investing in my area.

when you are buying a house on a mortgage as primary resident is it """required""" to change my current license to the new home or can i keep my current license on my old home and never change it?