We started seriously looking in January and at that point they gifted me the annual exclusion limit (we had our eye on a much smaller property that fell through at the inspection stage).

Doesn't mean you cant get another conventional mortgage though.I think the 2 years you are referring to is the exclusion of gain via section 121.

During those 3 years I will be able to test whether I want it to be exclusively AirBnB, roommates or some combination of both.

One strategy benefit to SFRs over multi-family that I have contemplated is the use of the $250/$500K exclusion of gains on the sale of one's personal residence.

There is something called section 121 exclusion.

This site is almost exclusively based on US property.

Im just worried that he could get greedy once he learned that im having difficulty transferring the title exclusively to my name.

It's hard to beat the capital gains tax exclusion, but on the other hand it's also hard to beat the 3.375% mortgage rate.Do you have a specific deal or type of deal where you'd reinvest the capital?

And this is not exclusive to just my PM company.  

Getting multiple base hits is better than chasing homeruns exclusively.