Is your goal to use being an agent for your own personal investments or actively try and grow your agent business to eventually leave your W2?

Since this is a short-term flip, the IRS usually sees it as active income, but if your role is truly hands-off, there might be a way to treat it differently.Have you thought about how you’re structuring the deal?

The ZIPs with the most activity?

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

For bookkeeping purposes, I recommend designating a separate bank account exclusive to the house hack activities to keep some sanity.

@Shelby Ek Do you need to activate the utilities in order to qualify for the loan you are getting?

I've been in the investment space almost 9 years now, and been actively investing in flips myself, the last year.

There's an adage in several sports about critical things like protective gear: "a $10 helmet for a $10 head."

NMLS call center said they have no problem with it but it strikes me as odd that the MU4 filing requires you to disclose other 'financial related activity'. 

Here’s a deeper dive into what’s shaping rental trends:Would love to hear your strategies and perspectives, especially if you’re active in the Columbus market!