Generally the good 7 stay with me for years. 

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Might as well make that compromise now and in good spirits, they will stay on, and you’ll be done with this. 

Home stays are okay in the city limits, but strongly suggest getting educated on the definition of "home stay".  

Do not renew their lease and find a mentor if you want to stay in this game.

@Jeremy Johnson my advice would be to be to never ignore a good buyer with little to no transaction fees particularly if there is a hefty profit involved. 1031 is a good option but also don't overlook other options such as just paying the capital gains tax (gasp) or rolling it into one of the new opportunity zone investment funds.Make sure to negotiate a great long-term fixed lease for your own business as part of the transaction assuming you want to stay there.

I was surprised to find that depreciation was not deductible and loss was not reported as non-passive but passive so it stays with the LLC 1065 to match against income for 2018. 

There are services that charge a hefty fee for this, but can often be well worth it if the tenant stays and takes care of the place.Best of luck!

I did get myself prequalified and the loan officer told me that I can only buy SFH and I need to stay there for min. 1 year before I can make it an investment property (this option is available for me if I decided to pay DP less than 20%).I am mostly interested in multi-family properties because I can either live in one unit and rent the other or rent both units out for cash flow purposes.