Although through unfortunate circumstances, there will likely be A LOT of motivation in the market in so.

Something that started with this a couple of years ago (my house on the right)Has turned into the removal of the fence separating the two properties (by the owner of the truck) which leaves me losing the foot of space between the privacy fence and the boundary fence.Mitigating circumstances - the guy that owns the truck has a history of violent crime (kidnapping, sexual assault on a child, assaulting a police officer, etc., etc.) and my interactions with him have resulted in schizophrenic ramblings (i.e. the Vatican owns my property, all financial transactions are routed through the city of London, etc.)I spoke with an attorney from this forum (a terrific help) earlier this week and I am weighing my options...the best being a 4 foot retaining wall along the property line with a 6 foot permitted fence to the front of the house. 

(Due to circumstance - more so than some freedom walkout retirement announcement)When applying for a commercial loan - I've read that the loan is based mostly on the property's income to loan servicing amount.What impact will not having a W2 have in this process?

VA allows you to carry 2 VA loans with specific circumstances (which you would qualify under based on what you wrote) but you can only have one loan below $144k and one above $144k (or somewhere close to that amount).  

Look at how many major companies were around 20 years ago are not today...strong finacials today doesn't equate to strong financials in 20 years, 10 years, 5 years, or even 6 months in extreme circumstances.  

Personal circumstances have come about where the first property I buy I will just need to start renting it outright rather than moving in (as I would have preferred).  

I had requested 3 bids prior to Irma, but the other two have not responded and I can't blame them under the circumstances. 

I think it's admirable, and the least they can do under the circumstance.

@Manolo D. we were definitely happy with the overall outcome. the GC we used did a great job. we plan on using his crew again on our next property if possible. however, I'm guessing you're referring to my other discussion about rehab costs from my contractor. we were happy with the outcome of this project but I don't have anything to compare this to. the fact of the matter is we don't know if his prices were fair for the market. we were in very unique circumstances on the last project where we had flexibility with our budget, so even if he charged more than the competition we still came out on top. moving forward we need to know more details. we are currently making offers on properties in need of rehab and we're using this GC's quote to help us budget for our max offer. if we can use him and still make a competitive offer then we will but we are getting beat by other offers. we just need to analyze all factors to see what we can change in order to compete. the two main concerns are that we are up against other investors making cash offers so they have no loan contingency and no mortgage payments inflating their holding costs, plus they probably have cheaper labor and material costs. so, we're just trying to analyze everything. our GC did a great job, only went slightly over budget compared to his original estimate, but we did plan for contingency and I ended up doing a lot of the work, so we were overall under budget, and he offered the quality of work we were happy with.

They have a duty to their shareholders and in many circumstances a duty to the previous owner to maximize recovery and mitigate loss.