After you save enough to buy another home you can move out and rent the fourth unit and your primary financing will remain in place.Please feel free to reach out if I can be of any assistance as I am a Broker in MA.

I forget the situation but believe Erie Insurance purchased the building as part of their long term strategy to grow and remain in Erie.  

I could put 20% down but will leave little to no room for improvements/work that needs to be done.My questions is, can I put 5% down  on a fannie loan, use my remaining cash to upgrade/rehab the property and refinance in 1-2 years for an increased value, ideally 20% higher and then eliminate PMI based on the new higher assessed value?

I tell my RE agent to tell the seller that I will pay to have any remaining items removed from the house and pay for a U-Haul if they close on the 9th.February 2 - RE agent calls me and tells me that they want to keep the February 29th close date because it would be too hard to "alter their schedule".  

He had removed 2, the other remained in the ground.  

Every month I see that money go elsewhere will be my motivation to learn all the ins and outs.

is it a motivation thing or more for the word of mouth association?

If you sell a house for 200K and you have a 100K gain and want to only buy a 150K replacement property you will pay tax on the 50K buy down but still shelter the remaining 50K in gain through the 1031.The other thing that's not quite right is your last statement above.  

Otherwise, the monthly distribution remains the same.  

All those other visas will not provide with the employment authorization security and flexibility you will need.I hate to burst you motivation and spirit, and say it cant be done.