It seems that the ordinance restricts to 60 days per year if you do not reside in the property but I am curious if anyone has found any creative ways to get around that. 

Rent out your current residence.

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You can exclude up to $250,000 of gain if single or $500,000 if married filing jointly on the sale of your primary residence, as long as you’ve owned and lived in it for at least 2 out of the last 5 years.

Since this is our primary residence, how does a DST interact with the $500K capital gains exclusion?

Since this is our primary residence, how does a DST interact with the $500K capital gains exclusion?

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However my guess is a residential loan as your primary residence won't be enough to cover the entire purchase.

But I am a random internet man, so hopefully you have a good grasp on your goals and can decide based on that and not random internet people.Good luck!

Regardless of whether or not the property was eventually used as an investment, the time as a primary residence would not factor in unless I was using it as a primary residence specifically as an investment strategy (avoid capital gains, wait out the 1 year requirement for VA, etc.).