Brent Davis you may consider refinancing your primary to pay off some or all of your balloons if possible.

It's already automated for you.Yeah I put STR insurance on my condo and primary residence by calling my insurance company and asking if they were familiar with short term rental set ups.

In between that time, we also brought a 2 family home in Brooklyn, NY as our primary resident.

So this means we have no mortgage on our primary residence.

traditional vs commerical loan?

Yesterday I had a rather confrontational professor at the preapproval stage ask me to "match" 3.625% on a 30YF no points 90% LTV no PMI jumbo primary residence because someone at a 1-800 number from a website quoted him that...

I am looking for a home loan for a primary residence, but needing it to be a portfolio loan due to having rentals and self employment income. 

If I max my Roth 401(k) contribution -- let's say I can put no more than $30k into it based on my income -- can I put an additional $5500 into a traditional IRA and roll it into the 401(k)?

With the BRRRR strategy the primary goal is to be able to refinance out of the acquisition financing and pull all my cash investment out.  

If you follow all the rules you will avoid any gain on the property you sold, remain invested in productive real estate, and receive the whatever tax benefits remain in owning a house after any tax reform is completed.Just to clarify, but the 1031 proceeds have to be rolled into an investment property, which I can then later convert to a primary residence, right?