I have a rental that used to be my primary residence.

I have a strong system of identifying motivated sellers , but my primary focus at the moment is cultivating demand.

You want to find someone who’s primary focus is real estate.

If it was a primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years then 250-500k of gain should be excluded. 

I'm not really an investor, but do own one single-family house in a great inner east-side neighborhood that was my primary residence - I now rent it out and receive some positive cash flow.  

It looks like Berkeley has some new rules about it but does anyone know how strict they are that it "Must be your primary residence?" 

We have a primary residence at this time only.

I believe the tax is waived if the buyer uses the house for a primary residency.

In the U.S. there are several companies like DayUse.com and HotelsByDay.com which provides a platform for these services and would also do it for the STR community.

This is my first thread on BP as I've been spending the majority of my time researching and reading on the forums, however I do have 1 quick question i was hoping you all could help me with.I intend to use a HELOC on my primary residence for my first rental purchase and through my research i've learned that banks like to see funds in a bank account for a certain period of time, before they are willing to accept those funds as a viable down payment for a loan on an investment property.This is interesting to me, because the obvious goal with a HELOC is not to use those funds until the last minute, since you are paying interest on them.