Buyer agent want to sign an exclusive agreement for 60 days and trying to tie down.

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.

Sell it and take advantage of the capital gain exclusion on your personal residence.

@Conner Olsen Austin is an exclusion, because its either your skills or your luck that top tech companies decided to select Austin as their future office locations.Such opportunities are not happening on daily bases.After tech started to open offices in Austin, properties went rocketing up.So yes, its great that you got that opportunity, but i would say its more unusual event. 

Will need help from both my US CPA and Portuguese CPA for strategic tax planning as well as eventually filing both US tax returns (US CPA) and Portuguese tax return (Portuguese CPA) and ensuring alignment for foreign tax credits, foreign earned income exclusions, etc. 

Hey Ernest,We invest in the midwest exclusively, and I can say with full confidence that we are not looking to leave the region any time soon.

But if you're talking about one of those exclusive agreements to have your realtor represent you.

John, I think we're on the same page...I just forget that all of my licensed activity has been exclusively with companies that focus on investment properties.