Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a refinance before the interest rates shot up, but this is my personal home, so I plan to live in it a couple of years and sell it to collect the gains. 

In addition, I also read Brandon Turners "Investing in Real estate" book to gain more knowledge on rental properties.

I leveraged gains from 4 houses in four multifamily in Southern Ca.

I'm trying to gain Independent Brokerage Owner insights and thoughts to assist me in my marketing business.There are only two (2) questions, and honestly, whatever comes off of the top of your head is usually the best answer.1.)

I'm trying to gain Independent Brokerage Owner insights and thoughts to assist me in my marketing business.There are only two (2) questions, and honestly, whatever comes off of the top of your head is usually the best answer.1.)

I know tools such as the BP calculators are available for use, but I want to learn what goes on behind the scenes to fully understand the numbers (math) and specifically what it means so i can better gain an understanding & make better investment decisions when the time comes.Any advice/ tips or tricks on analyzing deals & double checking the numbers (before proceeding with the deal? 

If you're looking for property with an investment mindset you'll be able to find a good deal that will produce income and gain equity and for a house hack property, that's a WIN!

So saying people who bought 10 years ago made a lot of money is only true if you sold not true if gains are unrealized.

CA has a law specific to 1031 exchanges, if you exchange a CA property for an out of state property and you later sell that out of state property then CA may assert the right to claw back (tax) the gain attributable to the CA property that would have been realized if it had been sold rather than exchanged at the date of the 1031 exchange.In this regard you may have annual reporting attributable to the out of state replacement property so CA can track what you have done with it.

How is that and any future equity gains handled?