It will be a byproduct of investing, not the primary purpose.

As my parents age, I am assisting in their property management of their primary residence and would love to connect with other real estate investors in the area.

Purchase price: $350,000 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $550,000 I acquired this property in 2015 and used it as my primary residence for two years.

primary or investment? 

For example, I have my house, am building a legal JADU, but later down the road I decide to rent my entire house and buy another primary residence.

There are many reasons that adding a single ADU in southern CA is a less than ideal RE investment (i will post a list at the end) but the negative initial equity is a primary reason as the initial negative equity position consumes the initial cash flow and can take many years to recover.As for converting your home to a rental….

Because they were primary residences, we had homesteads on all of them.

I don’t understand how you can have 13 rentals that are paid off and a primary residence that is paid off and still need more cashflow.

I tend to agree that selling seems like a good option, especially since your rental income will not give you a good yield on current property valuation.Did you live in the rental as primary before?

All depends on the interest rate on the primary home and if fixed.