You have an excellent jump start- the VA loan is such an amazing tool to get the ball rolling.

I am starting to get Lynn section 8 folks calling, but I have not gone through the process with them to know how they are with rental amounts.Yes, the ones with sec8 are in Haverhill. 

I will definitely check out IMPACT Grapevine and start attending some event to network. 

Maybe when I'm an ol' head exiting the growth phase I'll start caring about paying them down, but I'll do that with cash flow not borrowed money.

That's where you should start. 

Starting looking for opportunities last Fall and so far it's been terrible.

One year from time of payback or time of loan start date I’m not sure of. 

I myself don't have a lot of appetite for risk which is why I started investing in real estate.

Quote from @Jackson Harris: Hey Kai'ler for our STR portfolio and what our investors do is start getting it listed on Facebook/Zillow rental/Furnish Finder/etc now as a LTR for that time period you're talking about.

New landlord here and I've been forced to start my first eviction.