I'm also starting off my own personal investment property journey with my husband. 

I have many investors with the same goals and want to be hands-off. 

I priced an off-grid home when there were none sold in over six years.

Who do you recommend for one off property intel.

You must be pretty good friends - most veterans (including myself) would never let a non-veteran assume their loan b/c the VA loan entitlement is not restored until that loan is paid off.  

But you also get 15% off any paid plan.

Off course the rates were hiked 2 times since the post.   

Would you partner with her on a deal where you were buying the property off the MLS?

If you used a loan to rehab your property and find yourself in a difficult position, doing a straight refi (just paying off the old mortgage) will be easier than trying to pay off the original loan and take additional cash out.

It's very difficult to find off-market deals with predictable upside opportunity.