@Nycholas BurnsYes, owning your primary residence is a great way to start your real estate journey; I would suggest house hacking a 2-4 unit property with a FHA loan.

In regards to the minimum 1 year primary residence requirements for first time home loans or for places like a condo with an HOA that requires it to be your primary residence to be used as a rental. 

. - If you have enough equity in your primary (or rentals) you can pull out a HELOC of home equity loan.

This home will be our primary residence once it is completed.

Then in March, we purchased a single family home that is located directly in front of our primary home and started renting it out on Airbnb. 

@Aaron GarbadeBuying a 3-4 unit with FHA, including FHA 203k, the property must pass the self sufficiency test meaning that 75% of the market rents for the 2-3 units you will not occupy as your primary residence must be sufficient to pay the monthly Mortgage payment.

What are your primary goals in this purchase and what are the seller's?

I also planned to do more volume of buying personally, and then overtime it transitioned into a full time business that is now my primary income source.

I refinanced my primary home (at the time) last September and bought another primary home in November.

were there any problems, what would you remember to do or consider with your next roof purchase...any input is welcomed...I live in Southern Calif and this will be my primary residence project.