Residential, in my opinion, is a hassle so I am getting rid most of those properties so I can reduce my hands-on activities by 90%.

My future options are either keeping what I’ve got and getting a PM to manage all daily activities, 1031 into STNL, and/or DSTs.

Invest the rest.Now you've got income, a primary residence situation that's crazy advantageous, a piece of rental real estate you can cut your teeth on, minimal or no personal debt, and some active working equity investments. 

Hey everyone currently active duty military I would love utilize my va loan for investment  purposes don’t know where to start  in GA btw 

The forums have some information, but the bigger value is in their various member meetups, since it seems the forums are not "super" active with sponsor conversations.  

I currently have two active VA home loans, to echo what @Carroll H. is alluding to. 

In the Bay Area, most HOAs actively restrict less-than 30 days rentals in CC&Rs, and can have % rental caps on units which may make MTRs difficult. 

If they fill out the application and the first thing you see is that they have 17 pets, you can immediately deny them without wasting time checking landlord references, running a credit/criminal background, etc.

In Reno, NV we have an economic development authority that actively recruits companies from CA (Tesla) and tracks job and demographic data.  

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