She will owner occupy the residence and rent out the other unit.

*First Post*I just put an offer down on my first primary residence home using the VA loan.

Be aware there may be changes coming up to the taxation of primary residence sales, make sure to talk to a CPA specializing in real estate when you sell your home.

I am a CPA at a local firm, and I work with a number of people/businesses in the real estate and construction fields.I plan on turning my house (a single-family residence) into a rental in a few years, and buying a small office building both for my firm’s use and as a rental to other tenants.Long-term, I hope to own a few SFRs as well as some commercial properties.I discovered BiggerPockets through the podcast.

Then go onto AirBnb and search for a 5 day stay at the times you are concerned about in a residence near yours.

I work with mostly primary residences for buyers, yet here is my list:1) Befriend a contractor and take them with you to give to you a rough estimate for a) livability repairs, b) updating, or c) to make it really nice.

I also have about 25k in equity in my primary residence (mobile home on 2 acres).

I feel I must correct myself I'm originally from Upper Marlboro, MD but I currently reside in surry va.

That is including my own personal residence.  

However, I live in California which is notoriously aggressive on this point (making any LLC owned by a California resident pay at an $800 LLC tax for "doing business in California" just by merit of living here), so my viewpoint may be skewed by that experience.