I recently used Harvesters Federal Credit Union on a land purchase loan and they were quite helpful.

You could try Forum Credit Union.

We were in the military, so when we moved out, we just kept it and rented it out.

Many local, community banks and credit unions don't care about seasoning. 

Unfortunately the US is always in conflict somewhere, so i consider all military a stable job market.Value add and under market price.

I can recommend a couple credit unions in NC that would be good to use, one of which doesn't charge closing costs. 

Looking at a College town with a Military post.

Retired from the military this past Jan and have started up a home inspection business, as well as doing some contracting overseas. 

THAT is the point of the article you posted thinking it's proof that email doesn't count...The author even explained it IN the article....The emails were forensically traced on the military servers.

Also, it should be easy to find hard money, and maybe even a credit union that will lend if they could be in first position.That's all I can think of right now.