Also, the purpose of a VA loan is to help veterans find a home, not as a vehicle for investments.

If you need to buy a vehicle in your company's name, that's a lot different then if you are just looking to segregate personal and business funds.If you just need to segregate your funds, you can just take out a personal credit card that you devote to purely business expenses and use it as a business line of credit.

Is there a better vehicle outside of the short sale to acquire the property?

Frankly, my vehicles and homes have been burglarized more in A+ and B+ class than they ever were in D class

Don't carry a gun unless you plan on using it, but it doesn't hurt to keep one in your vehicle. 

Any reason you couldn't pull closer to 60K back out on the refi with a traditional 20 or 25% down loan, or do you already know what your refi vehicle will be? 

@Bryan ClementThis is where Dave Ramsey's wisdom of, "Your income is the best vehicle for wealth building" and debt will only slow you down or hinder you from building said wealth.

@Susan Grayson, REI is a fantastic vehicle to financial freedom, but new investors should understand the game a little more before tackling complicated projects.I wish you do well in REI, and learn as much as you can from small-simple properties before placing a large sum of money on bigger projects.Best wishes

What is it and how can I find out if it's a better vehicle?

Real estate can be that vehicle if you are willing to put in the work.