@Todd Dexheimer Well all investors know that the way to acquire more properties I'd by taking out the most out of the bank so you can buy more and more properties come up I get it that some people fear that about definitely that a lot of people made their wealth out of that strategy , the question is if that's only in a strong city  market or even in the suburbsalso that guy had no money in... and a beautiful cash flow [at least that's what he claims ]

@Brian Roberts Welcome...are you in Ashtabula County...beautiful up there on the lake (in the summer) ;) Congrats on getting going on your first deal. 

I spent the extra bucks for tile - it photos really well and you have a Floor and Decor in Cincy they have fabulous pricing. 

I’m located in beautiful Lancaster County, PA.

Beautiful! 

It's a beautiful turn of the century duplex that I renovated when I purchased and lived in one of the units then renovated a single family which I later sold.

Great job on this flip - looks beautiful.

People say to me that a person being a helicopter is Impossible and I'm ****ing retarded but I don't care, I'm beautiful.

This is going to be kind of "off the cuff" so if there are some inaccuracies, please let me know.Alright, so the beauty behind a live-in flip is that it is your primary residence and I believe if you have lived in it as your primary residence for 2 of the last 5 years, you are able to sell the property, up to a certain limit, without capital gains tax.If you lived in one side of a duplex and rented out the other, I believe the same rules apply but you would only be able to take advantage of half of the benefit because only half was your primary residence.My question is, is it possible (legal) to live in one side for 2 years and fix that side up, move to the other side for 2 years and fix it up, then sell the duplex within a year so you would still have each side your primary residence for 2 of the last 5 years and be able to capture both sides as a primary residence exemption?!?

Right now I'm in the process of re-evaluating my life and working on eliminating all the unnecessary spending, while being a sponge to everything and everyone that's in this beautiful world of real estate investing.I work full-time as the lead Motion Graphic Artist for PlayStation.