Sounds like I would need to separate church and state (or buying the house and business travel expenses) and shift towards an office write-off with all the other benefits of a multifamily house hack.

But he is benefiting from the deal so he could be out for himself in the long run.

Get as much as you can from the buyer to benefit the seller, not yourself.But if you are another scammer wholesaler and trying to get the property for as low of an amount as you can from the seller and take as much profit that you can scam out of the deal, then you are the typical wholesaler and should not call yourself a broker. 

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.