You would have the option of doing a FHA loan on a househack in Rochester.2) You may be eligible to exclude a portion of the gain from the sale since you lived in it for 2 out of the last 5 years.

One of the benefits to the SDIRA is that almost ANYONE can do it, regardless of self employment, etc....

These will be the easiest people to gain sales from initially.Hopefully you have some friends who are also real estate agents?

That is where a "repair cost" type policy may benefit you over an ACV policy.

I gained a ton of perspective from it - but I'm also taking some parts with a grain of salt.

Your not really going to gain any equity in 4 years.

I sold within about 60 days at retail for $239k as FSBO, giving me a $34,000 gain.

They provide replacement cost benefits to you even if you insure the property for an actual cash value.

I use a CRM (Insightly) in my 9-5 and see the benefits of such a system, but that specific platform isn't the best suited for the REI environment.What CRM's are user friendly and helpful in the multifamily space?

Also sounds like you could benefit from David Greene's book, long distance real estate investing.