So just be careful.

@Erika CabaAs an out of state operator with 15 units 6 of them being commercial office residents, I had to learn how to trust my maintenance techs.

I'm going to try to keep the short so, if I miss any details because of the shortness, please let me know.I own 5 lots on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. 3 are empty , 1 has a home and is a STR (does very well), the last lot I am at the end of a ground up build and will be using for my primary residence.

There is not the risk of HOAs changing the rules like in other locations, it's a true vacation market with very few full time residents. 

I would assume the depreciation like any other expense/deduction would have to be prorated since only part of the property is an investment while the rest is a primary residence.

Randy  I've been considering going with a 1031 exchange because I've been looking into duplexes as a primary residence doing 3.5% down.

Louis in June to start a residency program and won’t have much time to manage the property and I’m not sure what I’m getting myself into.

US Bank I think is the biggest construction to perm lenders, if I were doing a construction loan for a primary residence I would look there first.Good luck!

The property is Puerto Rico and I'm a resident of the State of Florida. 

With the free data sites, you do need to be extra careful, because that is almost strictly algorithm with only a couple months of actual data.