I will soon be operating a medium-term rental in a small city in Ohio. While there are certainly no vacationers here, there are a good amount of people that use short-term rentals for contract work for 1-3 months. I'm...

America they can eat anyones lunch they choose to at any given moment. 

.: If they choose to hire their own exterminator, they can pay the bill.

If there is a leak, you may choose not fix it, but to plug.

That you state in your finder's fee contract with the owner that your sole function is Only introducing the buyer or investor to him/her.

You only roll over the 2mm, take a 500k cash out and then claim the 500k sec 121 exemption.You can think of it like taking the 500k off the top, then the remainder functions as a normal 1031 exchange would.

You have to explain it to the listing agent who doesn't get it, who then sends that to the seller, by telling them it's not that you have no money, but this is a right afforded to you based on your service to the country and you can also show proof of funds that you have money, but are choosing not to use it as a downpayment because you want to do reno with it.I would use your VA, that's what it's there for.

Moving your mom in might help with the FHA question, though FHA for multi-family typically requires you as the owner-occupant to live in the property.Keep me posted would love to hear how everything turns out!

@Jeremy TaggartYou seem knowledgeable about Pittsburgh…I have a buddy who has a couple hundred doors there (single family and small multis) he deployed all his cap a while ago and has done well there.

And I don't mean multi-family. ;)BiggerPockets has a great Creative Financing forum.