Code Section 40-10-74 says: If the mortgage or other instrument creating a lien under which a party seeks to redeem is duly recorded at the time of said tax sale, the said party shall, in addition to the time in this title specified, have the right to redeem said real estate sold, or any portion thereof covered by his mortgage or lien, at any time within one year from the date of written notice from the purchaser of his purchase of said lands at tax sale, served upon such party, and notice served upon either the original mortgagees or lienholders or their transferee of record, or their heirs, personal representatives or assigns shall be sufficient notice.

You don't say how much equity you have but my guess is you may not have sufficient equity given that you just purchased the house so recently using a VA loan. 

Even still, you may not have enough space for the sufficient amount of panels. i would shy away from electric heat. 

I need to finance this deal on its own merits.The debt coverage is more than sufficient, the problem I've run into with portfolio lenders is a minimum loan or appraisal amount per property.

Howdy @Jason HowellThe reality is you can not find sufficient comps to use and complete the analysis all within 15 minutes.  

As a landlord, you want the lease to be as landlord friendly as you can get, not neutral; the courts are sufficiently tenant friendly so you need to get your advantage in  place without hoping the courts will see things in favor of the landlord.

It’s required for low down payment conventional mortgages.As for additional FHA stipulations, I’d read up on the FHA Self Sufficiency rule.

Also, if you do end up going FHA on another multiplex, one thing to keep in mind is the FHA Self Sufficiency Rule.

Further, my income is sufficient (i.e., above average) and that was never cited as a problem.

Conventional you can do as low as 5% down but thats only for 1 unit property 2-4 unit properties will require any where from 15-25% down payment.FHA will allow you to purchase with 3.5% on 1-4 units however FHA has its own hurdles when you get to 3-4 units (these dont apply to 1-2 units) there is a rule called the SS or self sufficiency rule which requires 75% of gross rental income of all units to be > the monthly PITI in order to qualify.