Have you looked into a HELOC on your primary to help get a downpayment for your second property? 

I purchased my primary residence with the intention of house hopping and renting it out, before i discovered BP.

But I think there's a way structurally to make the allocations easier.When you sell a split use property the allocations are not always clear such as when you've used part as a primary residence for a period of time and then change the allocations, use and duration. 

Every primary residence I have purchased, I have required a survey.Going forward, would you recommend surveying future properties?

Family -also many teachers- Finding it just difficult to encounter anyone with extra money in my circles-or just any money ; ) Current deal - I’m literally buying the house across the street from my primary as an off market deal.

My wife and I are moving to Oahu and have some colleagues we're working with to help build our primary residence.

BP is a great platform to get all of your real estate answers!

I have liquidated a few investment properties I had in my own name so now I only have my primary residence in my name and then one investment property out-of-state in my LLC name. 

Unless you do a 1031 exchange and buy a property of equal or greater value within 2 months of closing on the sale of the primary residence.

My primary question for more experienced investors is: is a 1031 exchange worth the trouble?