Purchase price: $110,000 Cash invested: $45,000 Recently purchased my first house to use as a primary residence, currently I am renovating the kitchen and adding a full bathroom to the first floor.

I see other people have their primary residence as an LLC however. 

@Kyle Carter, The strategy you're looking at would be what is called a "consolidation exchange". followed by a conversion to your primary residence. 

I have been investing mainly in trust deeds but like you got connected with Dave and just recently ended up investing in his fund, my primary reason was for diversification and because it is passive. 

I’m all for getting started and primaries make good rentals when only held for a year or two before they’ve had time to appreciate.

It seems like there are so many limitations to buying real estate with self-directed IRAs. 

My idea is to put 20% down on a $1 million property, with the remaining $800,000 paid off over 8–10 years, depending on how much yearly income the seller would want.I’ve seen a lot of discussions about using seller financing for investment properties, but not much when it comes to primary residences.

Quote from @Nicholas Dillon: Hello All,I have around $200k in equity in my primary home.  

Hi does anyone have experience with providing direct STR stays (so not through Airbnb or VRBO) and charging, collecting, and remitting the local Chicago hotel tax?

I think another big miss you had is not refinancing when you could have gotten a sub 3% loan as a primary.