The other option is to live there for another year (sorry) and then sell, any gain you earn would be tax-free under the Sec 121 exemption - up to 250k for a single filer or 500k for a married couple filing jointly.

My story is I recently married my beautiful wife and we are now excited to start our life in real estate investing.

Say all three of you get married; probably one of you will get divorced. 

We got married at 23 and then spent 6 years living in it and renovating as we went.

But he met a woman, got married and moved to Kentucky.

I married my high school sweet hart in 2009 and after 5 years of honerable service I decided to move on to my next chapter.

Or, I could buy rental properties on a mortgage or flip with cash and MAYBE get 20%-100% or more ROI, but I may lose money too.I guess if I was married and had a family I would be a little more conservative.

If you are married (assume so from the "we" wording), then you will get $500k worth of gain tax free ... you may need to pay taxes on any gain above that ... hold onto those other multi-plexes if they are performing.

We originally set this up to marry my Michigan cash flow market with the California flip market.  

If you are married you can not have more than a single primary residence.