To enhance your real estate investing knowledge, consider reading books like "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki, "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" by Gary Keller, "BRRRR: Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat" by David Greene, "Set for Life" by Scott Trench, and "The Book on Managing Rental Properties" by Brandon and Heather Turner.

Plan is to renovate and refinance after tenants move out.

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

In fact, in Ohio one can do a cash out refinance where not only does the owner have no cash invested equity, only loan to value ratio of 70% met, he may have cashed out more than he paid for the property.

Truth be told, most will refinance their 5/7/10 year IO loan before it ever reaches the adjustable rate period.

Refinance our first investment property.

Perfect for getting started.House Hacking: Continue the cycle—rent, refinance, buy another property—scaling up each time.

So if I use the VA home loan I can move after a year with "reason" and refinance to reuse the loan for my next property? 

Since the platform has direct access to your financial data, it can prequalify you for loans, streamlining the process when you’re ready to expand or refinance your portfolio.

In that case, I would vote for you to refinance at a lower LTV (~80%) to ensure you are breakeven/some small cash flow at a minimum.