Hello all....My name is Ian Giles, I'm a 31 year old government worker that resides in Gaithersburg, MD.

However there is no limit when getting a mortgage for a primary residenceStraight from the Fannie Mae selling guide:Limits on the Number of Financed PropertiesIf the mortgage being delivered to Fannie Mae is secured by the borrower’s principal residence, there are no limitations on the number of properties that the borrower can currently be financing.

As a California resident, I'm about to rent out my home and want to set up a 2 year contract with future tenant.

HML’s don’t generally care about your credit or the equity in your personal residence.

As a fellow Orange County resident, I can relate to your cash-flow dilemma.

I advised him to speak to his accountant after I asked him if it was his primary residence and he said it was not.

My question is would that protect your personal assets (my car and primary residence for instance).

@Joel Knutson I'm not the most experienced as I just embarked on real estate, but from watching the market here and from buying my own residence, I know how competitive it is in the 200-250k SFH market.

Just getting into property investing with the intention of buy and hold and self managing the rentals.In the past we have bought and sold properties that were our principle residence and done well.

My wife and I are house hunting for our primary residence, but we eventually see it becoming a rental.Around here (Northern VA), pretty much any decent place you find is going to be tied to an HOA, a condo association, or sometimes even both.