Man, just in 3 years if you have the tenant leave every time, even without the negative cashflow, that alone can cost you an additional 20 or 30k.

An emergency fund needs to be liquid, and immediately available to you in addition to being low risk and protecting principle. 

You want to make this clear that additional items need to be purchased by the guests so they are aware.

Similar to the comments above on using FurnishedFinder, also check Airbnb and sort for 30+ day rental options. in addition, I'd recommend talking to the local university and hospitals nearby by calling to their various departments.

Perhaps you could consider hard money in addition to private money?

In setting up the platform I have connected with someone local in the area and that will be my 1st point of contact and I could share his info for you to reach out.

THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO ONE PROPERTY.So, they can 1031 to 2 or more additional properties OR 1031 into a rental property plus a DST so that all the profits are used up in the exchange. 

I'm trying to glean "where can I learn this from" I picked up a couple of pieces of info : "Note Investor", and "Passive Pockets" -- what other little nuggets, and bits and clues of information can you give ? 

Some facts/info you may already know but if not:1) You assume the loan from the servicing bank, meaning you will work directly with the servicing bank.You assume the loan amount, but still need to come up with the difference of the VA loan amount and the sales price, in your case 172K. 2) No one will finance the entire remaining 172K amount.

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