Hi Darren,Diane and Michael are correct; under Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code you (as a single individual) can exclude $250,000 of capital gains from your taxes if you have owned and resided in the house as your personal residence for 2 out of the 5 years prior to the date of sale. 

More details, I make about $39,000/yr with $5k saved and I’m going to be renting at my current residence for about 18 months.

My Name is Jason Kunst I live in Northwest Indiana, and I’m looking to start house hacking.I am currently renting with my brother and will be at my current residence for another 18months because we are supporting my mom. 

I found a condo that I plan on making my primary residence, but after talking to the owner he has two other condos he wants to sell too.

Are Multi-Family investments properties ideal in a more rural area? Or would single family homes be better? Is there a rule of thumb for this or does it just depend on your market?

But we are very careful with tenant selection and find the creams of the Class C resident pool.I think you're going to be disappointed with paying out more than $50K per unit for anything that only yields $100/month positive cash flow. 

Hi,My father lives in NJ. I would like to loan him money, paid monthly to help with his expenses. Unfortunately, he is not always financially responsible. I would like to loan it against his property which he owns fre...

My advice is refinance while it is still your primary residence bc you can get owner occupy conventional loan rather than investment loan.

Hello Everyone,My name is Edward and I am new to REI, residing in Providence, Rhode Island.

By out of country investors do you mean expats investing in Germany or individuals not residing in U.S. but investing there?