You do not need to own a primary home in order to buy an investment property.

The unfortunate thing here is that investment properties foreclose at a higher rate than primary homes so many banks just don't want the exposure to this.

We have LG models in our primary home and they are also pretty great.I would not get a washer smaller than 4.5 cubic feet and the matching dryer which is usually 7 cubic feet.

You may run into issues trying to take a HELOC out on an investment property, and even if you can I doubt you'd want to use it for a down payment for a primary because the rates are much higher.What kind of cash flow would you be generating from your multi once you move out?

. :) I dont really use the high limits really except on my primary business card.

There are another 20-30 questions I could ask before I could even begin to advise.EDIT - It looks like in Aurora, it needs to be your primary residence if you want to STR the property.https://www.auroragov.org/resi...

Also, I payed my mom’s mortgage on her primary which I can rent here in San Diego which would help with the mortgage but I rather not use that in the calculations to avoid over leveraging myself.

Those were my primary reasons. 

We have CDs maturing at the end of the year that could fund a new primary residence.Should we:1) Sell it with no Capital Gains tax.

Lots of options for making espresso drinks.We have had a Breville in our primary home for over 10 years with zero issues.