Fed's can talk all they want about "creating" however millions of homes, it changes nothing unless Harry Potter comes into office and shezams them into existence. 

She rented out the second bedroom to a traveling nurse and found that the rental income not only covered half her mortgage but also let her save for her next property.

Hypothetically, you'd need >2K rent on a 250K home to get more than 5% CoC (ballpark numbers with a few assumptions, mgmt fees, putting 30% down, etc), and it seems very unlikely this would exist where I'm looking..

With property churn and tenant churn, many opportunities exist from large scale design projects to smaller tweaks and "freshening things up".At either group/meeting, mention my name and ask for me. 

Open to an existing home with a large lot/acreage.

I assume the sellers are offering seller financing since obtaining a traditional mortgage or refinancing to one after 7 years for this property is highly unlikely.

30 yr mortgage with VA How did you add value to the deal?

It’s given me the opportunity to save and prepare for my next upcoming purchase.I’ve gotten the units from $750x2 and $800x2 to a consistent $900. current mortgage is $2500 monthly, refinancing to a conventional and removing mortgage insurance should bring me to $2100. 

Demolish The Home and Build New: You can demolish the existing house and build new.

If you only plan on owning 2-4 properties, then there's really no harm in self-funding them unless you know a better, safer way to make more than the going interest rate on that money (most investment mortgages right now are about 7%, maybe effectively 5.5-6% after taxes depending on your brackets and tax structure).