After a home is your primary residence for 2 or more years you get a sales tax exemption up to a sale price of $250,000 if you are single or $500,000 if you are married.I highly encourage you to talk with a CPA in order to avoid IRS penalties.

Of course, the blight was so bad in Fairfax and some similar areas, that tax abatement may have been offered to encourage investment by owner occupants and investors. 

It's hard to tell what a deal looks like when you're starting out, so having somebody else confirm it is encouraging

However she is all about encouraging me to keep chipping away at our current debts to allow us to allocate more funds to our rental purchase bucket to really get started.

I notify all my tenants and encourage them to take advantage of that.

@Todd Powell I encourage you to get an assistant, not a property manager.  

If you have not yet done so, I encourage you to join the FB group Indianapolis Out of State Investors. 

Sad that our legal system enables and encourages this form of criminal behaviour.

As a wholesaler here in Indy, I think it's great that you want to get started and I encourage MFH for "House Hacking" to start.

@JD Martin ok, sounds very encouraging!