Even if equal weight or preference is given to the dissent, though, the dissent still agreed with the majority that a home (if not the original structure in its original form) has to be present on the property at the time of sale and transferred to a buyer in order for it to be considered a sale of a principal residence.

I would like to keep all further RE purchases under professional management so I can focus on acquisition and my full time career until I can grow this enough to financially support my family.I have definitely learned a lot from the first property we owned and would prefer to stay away from C-class properties unless they are in a really good area (which seems like an oxymoron lol). 

If you're a baby at renos without a lot of construction experience, I wouldn't touch most of those, though some are more personal taste--I might be interested in a 20-unit MHP, but a 5-unit really doesn't make sense to me unless the MHs come with it.If you're a patient person who is willing to learn to do things right, and especially if you can live right next to the place you're renting out, sure. 

Some people prefer the clog to happen at the toilet, figuring if it is harder for large things to pass, it protects the drain more. 

We would prefer staying in SF, but open to considering other neighborhoods in the peninsula south of Palo Alto.

I prefer the former because it includes a lot of solid financial information.

Indeed that would be my preference, but my network is completely outside the real estate world, so the few syndication opportunities that came my way did not convince me, I couldn’t get past the “this person must be desperate if they are asking money to me”, so I never pulled the trigger, it really just felt like giving away $100k on good faith.

Would you prefer for the meetup to be nothing formal, just a casual hang out to interact with other investors in the area to discuss deals, hopes, and dreams, etc..... or would you prefer to have a topic to discuss and possibly have someone in the real estate world (bankers, lenders, financial advisors, Inspectors, etc.) come to chat with everyone about what they can do to help and what they look for? 

I prefer raw land deals myself.

Preferably, I like to buy because this takes out competition, greatercontrol over pricing, and hopefully they have some land to expand on.