So im I'm looking into a Cash out refi red on my primary residence to potentially find my first deal however unsure of texas refi laws can anyone help explain and answer questions on texas refi laws??

If it was not your primary residence, you would be taxed at the capital gain and the interest.

It's not my favorite solution, but we don't want to get caught putting more work into it than is necessary, as it would not bring any more rent even if the floors were perfect.I would post a picture, but I don't know how.

If you're 2 years from retirement, you need the least risky thing possible, which would just be paying down that primary residence. 25 years from retirement, you've got some time and can take some risk, since any bumps in the road will smooth out over the long term.

This would be my first property but also my residence.

Cozy and Unitdash are good solutions for tenant screening.

(Loan program, term, credit score, etc) just for hypotheticals, say your looking at a 30 year conventional on your primary residence with 720 credit, rate could be ~4.75-5.125%  FHA is typically a little lower. 

See if there’s a $300-400 solution that’s not a $10000 replace the pipe solution.

Redoing the single bathroom of a residence with the tenant in place has never been a good idea for us or anyone we've ever known in the business.

Ok, so as a first time potential seller and novice investor-I just learned that if my I lived in my home for 2 of past 5 years I may not have to pay capital gains when I sell. I bought my two family back in 2008. It h...