I remember when this guy knocked on the door of a foreclosure I was selling and handed me a card indicating he was selling roofing. 

Identify Your Niche4.

I would much rather have the benefit of cash flow, forced equity through improvements, appreciation, and depreciation working for me. also have the ability to sell or cash out refi if I needed a large sum of money in the future.

If you get down to where you are thinking, "We might only own this for 2 years" those expenses don't get divided up by many months and could impact the analysis of what is smarter to do... because you will probably pay double those fees when you sell it.  

I wouldn't sell in this market as there is a shortage and pent up demand.

This may affect value or time required to sell.7) Adding an ADU does not make the property a duplex.

I'm sure they sell fillers made specifically for floors though.

However, while we were cleaning up, we treasure hunted out at least $3000 stuff, including $300 cash on the floor, several un-opened Amazon boxes, new-in-box computer/gaming items, hair tool ($300), YouTuber's gadgets, new with tag heated jacket ($220), an unassembled exercise bench ($500 at least), so many new or near new stuff that you can sell.

Hi all,Wondering if there is a way to get out of paying capital gains on selling a second home for personal use.

In all of these cases it would be easier to just sell the note to a different servicer.