You aren’t creating tax deductions you are only moving them forward.

This isn't designed to be anything other than informative and/or inspirational to anyone on the fence about investing in real estate.April 19, 2023 my wife and I officially moved into our current primary residence.

I am open to both tenants already in place and also a rehab and move a tenant in afterwards.

Making the move sooner than later allows you to get a jump a head of the property increasing any faster. 

Then when I moved out and rented both units!

Other options are a hard money loan for the purchase and rehab.If you're looking to buy a property that's not move-in ready: You can get a fix and flip loan for an investment property with up to 90% of the purchase price and 100% of the rehab budget with up to 75% of the ARV.

Nevermind the bureaucracy that this would entail with each tenant moving in/out.As much as I try to think about this I cannot find a solution that could prove more convenient than keeping all the bills under my name and requesting payment when they are due (with all the other downsides that I am aware of).To all the experienced landlords out there, any advice on this would be very much appreciated!

People are leaving California, Washington and other states moving to Arizona per U-Haul's transit tracking. 

So, in Dekalb, if the owner moves out, there's no way to legally rent both units separately?

Areas are different obviously but I'm just looking for opinions before I make the move.