.: I was always under the impression that a VA loan could not be assumed for investment purposes and that it must be for a primary residence, which typically means occupancy of the residence for a year. 

Even though I alluded to it earlier in my response, a deal is NOT what's advertised to you.

I think there's potentially a different feeling when you convert a personal residence to such an investment property versus purposefully buying an investment property. 

Water/sewer/trash bills are killer in the City and they are ruthless about holding housing providers responsible while letting tenants repeatedly off the hook. 

Get to know them, let them know you are a good responsible home owner and business owner.

Thank you for the through response.

So yes it can work, but you also need to be able to convert the responses you get into closing.

Property management is often an overlooked responsibility that can seem deceptively simple.

As one who was personally defrauded by Clayton (despite his claims it was all his partner's fault), it really is disingenuous for him not to take responsibility when his Ponzi scheme fell apart.

There was an offset, but it was just past the service box for the home (city responsibility) as we saw it.