Or you could decide it is a great place to live and continue to live there while having a tenant in the other unit paying down you loan (increasing your equity).BTW: the low/zero appreciation markets do not produce great ROI without going to large unit counts.  

It's valid for the time you've lived in it, but then you can't rent it out and continue to write off all capital gains.

I am continuing to learn as much as I can, but I am hoping to get a little more direction from this post (as the amount of information I find is almost to a point of overload). 

He said I could do that as a rental as long as they got continued employment verification from my current employer.

I can't predict the future, but I am optimistic that I will continue to cash flow this property...

However, since they will be living under the same address, I’m not sure how much of a discount we will need to give to get the unit filled, if any.We are in an area that should continue to appreciate based on Atlanta growing and the surrounding areas investing a lot of money in infrastructure. 

Even in 2008, most people continued to pay their loans and continued to own their homes.

We are actively looking for deals that we can add sweat equity/brrr, and will continue to do so.

AirBnB is a great platform and continues to deliver great results for many hosts.

The house needs only cosmetics and will rent close to 1% and appreciate 6-8% on average per year if markets trends continue.