I was not really thinking much about it as a future investment at the time, it was just my primary home.

@Nicholas Weckstein were you able to get low down payment financing on an owner-occupied (primary residence) 2-4 unit multifamily?

Then you are able to move out 2 years later and rent the unit you were living in or sell the place and use your primary residence tax credit to get $250k/$500k tax free along with a 1031 exchange.

For primary home, I like the area close to James J.

I actually bought my primary residence in L.A back in 2010 on realtybid and got a good deal on it..but have since sold it.. but that was when the market was totally different than today of course. 

I am looking to purchase my first investment property but have a question regarding my primary residence.

Another red flag for a lender.Perhaps you could get a Hard Money loan from some of the commercial platforms out there.

Or a primary residence for you to live in?

We are planning to roll out a custom built property management platform later this year for Premier Property clients.

This is my primary home.