.- where the homes are located- your intent to occupy the new home as your primary residence- other circumstances like a PCS, upgrade in the same area, etcVeterans United Home Loans specializes in VA loans is an amazing company (of which I work for, educating real estate agents about VA loans).

NY state website has a broken link to an opinion about what constitutes "doing business" in the state. 

Upgrading to Pro comes with a lot of benefits, but they don't work without work!

Might be time for an upgrade.

They brought in a "plumber", said the house had multiple leaks in the pipes, needed re-piping and concrete broken up to fix the second leak.

The stores make a ton of money selling the upgrade.

In my market they just announced a long term, costly upgrade to an airport.  

If the tenant struggles to pay rent because they cannot budget and this is a problem then I would just upgrade the quality of the property you are renting. 

However, the latest turn required extensive maintenance and upgrades.

Move to increase rents and do the upgrades earlier, don’t wait 18 months.