Last year, a few months after purchasing my primary residence, I took the leap and bought my first flip.While leverage knowledge from books, podcasts, talking to peers at meetups, Facebook groups, I connected with a great contractor, real estate agents, and subcontractors.

Last year s&p was up over 20% (25% or somthing) --- phenominal. 

Lastly, even if the "on market" prices for rental properties are really high in the area you want to invest, who said that you have to limit yourself to only "on market" properties? 

The instructor in our last class commented on reconnecting with our COI (Center of Influence) as well.

I used them last year.

Rates have dropped a bit and then went back up last week due to some junky CPI index data but will start to come back down based on upcoming market reports.

He didn't even give me the numbers that he wanted until I gave him the last offer and it "offended him".

We're selling the property for $350,000Yes, as long as you have owned and lived in the property as your primary residence for at least two out of the last five years, you should qualify for the capital gains tax exemption of up to $500,000 for married couples filing jointly.

My last years accountant made it sound like filing by myself would be easy this year as sole owner but I’m stumped on which forms my father and I need to file. 

Also, yes it is a tenant friendly area but that is also a bit overblown since evictions are very low here in san Diego, last I checked it was less than 1 out of 100 and in areas around the country where evictions can happen practically overnight, some of those areas can have extremely high eviction rates especially a lot of those areas with high poverty rates.