Either way, they all agreed I must sell my house and use the gains as a debt paydown and down payment to purchase the next.

Here’s my situation:I purchased a 4-bedroom, 3-bath, 2,222 sqft home in 2020 for $415,000 for myself and my family.

My husband and I have an opportunity to purchase a single-family rental portfolio in our out-of-state investing market that is owner-financed.

Prior to Covid I had a lot of luck renegotiating purchase prices based on problems in the inspection.

John,You only need to put 15% down on a Multifamily investment purchase even up to 4 units. 

I'm looking at purchasing a small multifamily (2plex, 3plex or 4plex) as an owner occupied using a VA loan.

I'm no tax advisor by any stretch, but I believe there's significant financial criteria to meet such as like 50% of the purchase value needs to be added as improvements to the property. 

Mortgages generally aren’t available to U.S. buyers in foreign countries at all and very few US banks lend for purchases abroad.

@Jake Berlin- thanks ...I would recommend getting a loan approval  started  using a hypotehtical purchase price and loan amt ...This will allow you to get  organized/ educated and  prepared  and many of your questions will be  answered - good luck

@Yongming Huang again the buyer IS paying both commissions, in the financing of the purchase.