You are off to a great start with knowing friends that are already real estate investors and BiggerPockets can only enhance your network!

You can get a great sense of the vibe in an area via social media.I was a lifelong San Francisco Peninsula resident and did all of the above when investing in Austin.

If this was your primary residence 2 of the last 5 years sell now.

They're looking for a turnkey primary residence, 3/2 (or bigger) under $370K. 

When its sold, can the funds be use to pay off their current primary residence with a 1031 exchange, or can that money only be used towards the purchase of new properties? 

I just got a deal accepted on a residence where the current owner is moving into assisted living on July 15th.

I like to look at my personal residence as separate from my investments.

Can someone help?  I am searching for a new loan, I must refinance my primary home to get out of a horrible interest rate.  I have good credit and no debt except for this mortgage but get turned down for low income. I...

Well, this did not work out since i was getting a primary residence home loan.

I already have a HELOC on it and I am trying to raise my HELOC balance but the issue that I am running into is that the larger institutional banks are not willing to use the rental incomes from my 3 units toward my income in determining my debt to income ratio because the building is my primary residence.