BUT the master would have a jack and jill bath (or if we had an exclusive master, 2 of the bedrooms would only have a bathroom across the house)2.

I should mention that it is exclusive to owner occupants, like myself, before investors.

I use online resources almost exclusively combined with mail requests to various counties for probate searches.

His filled-out form has me listed as entering into a "Exclusive buyer Agency Agreement" and under section 4, COMPENSATION, it says "Buyer agrees that Firm's fee for services hereunder shall be in the amount of 3% of the purchase price."

This way, you'd have the tenant paying down the mortgage (assuming no large capex expenses) and then you can sell within the period of the capital gains exclusion (primary residence two out of the last five years). 

They are not mutually exclusive 2.

I purchased a few HUD homes in 2014 but lately so many great deals have been coming onto the market but the exclusive period keeps getting extended then eventually an offer gets accepted before its open to investors.Are you guys getting HUD homes still?

I was creating my own Excel spreadsheet when I came across Michael Blank's SDA and now use almost exclusively. 

Exclusions are variable expenses and anything else that one could consider discretionary such as vacancy, landscaping, etc.  

Many would probably say as long as you can get a higher rate of return on the investment than you are paying on the school loans to go ahead.My background is in finance although I have never done it professionally and I am no CPA either but if you are going to live in a place as your primary residence for a year I would suggest thinking about living in it for an additional year to get the added capital gains exclusion.