Glad you're building your business while still active duty, that's a powerful move! 

Blocks delivered.  

Can't say what's hardest, too many moving parts but take care of your tenants and build that goodwill, pays off in spades.

Let me know if you're still interested in this build!

As a VA, you’d want to build on that by getting familiar with tools that real estate professionals use.

Developers will not be able to get these bonus building permits without providing such TDR credits.  

Wondering if you have advice on me just being the bank, where I purchase a house and structure a rent to own with him and have him build up a 30% cash down payment and some equity and then me sell the house to him at a locked in price.  

Real estate purchase using reasonable leverage, at todays interest rates, will build up equity through amortization.  

As of right now I am planning on using Q1 to learn how to analyze deals and build my team. 

from my advice rural properties and developments aren't successful and you are climbing an uphill battle. sounds a little niche. we focus on developing and not reinventing the wheel. if this is truly what you want to focus all your time and energy on then visit the closest 5-10 of these that look like the ones you are interested and ask if they'd expand or build a secondary one. do a lot of research before you just take action