Florida is pretty landlord-friendly, but is expensive.

Real estate in Canada is just way too expensive and impossible to get positive cash flow. 

., Your tenant has been living there for 40 years and sort of kind of thinks the place is his.

Although I know the home I live in is no asset, I see its cash flow potential if I can be living elsewhere.

There's always the more expensive reverse 1031 exchange but need to be able to purchase on the front end before selling. 

Even if I'll live in this duplex, I plan on only living in it for a year.

The expense factor will be dictated by your line of work. 

So I'm under 2% for CC fees on most of my channels now, don't have to live with Stripe's 2.9% anymore. 

Hello:I got a quote for converting a 16x10 living room into a bedroom.

It also stays off of your personal credit/DTI which will help you as you live your life outside of these properties.Those will be a specific set of lenders that you will want to look into as many of them have different requirements that you would have to adhere to, but overall much more of a simpler process than your conventional lenders, while being a couple of points higher in processing.