There are a bunch of ways to do this depending on the property type, usage, and you (income and credit scores).If this is a primary residence, you can get up to 90% of the value of your home minus any exisitng debt. 

Depending on the salaries of the new jobs they may also price out the local residents on new home sales which would further drive up the price.

I have lived in Austin for almost 20 years where I own one house that has been my primary residence for four years now. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

On the RE side - I own/developed 2,000 residential units across the United States focusing on opportunistic residential acquisitions and development, including student housing conversions and luxury multifamily development.On the startup side - it is a third-party guarantor platform that expands your renter pool, increases rents and occupancy, and ultimately boosts your NOI while broadening affordable housing options for renters.

Quote from @Richa Wardhan: Regular lender financing, we have paid off 70% of our mortgage on the primary residence so we were loaned money without any issue. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

I always loved having an HELOC on my primary residence as the answer for me. 

Best advice to you would be to use that VA loan as many times as you can and buy primary residences for a year, rent them out and then buy something else with the VA!

,I have sold and been managing properties that are near the MIA and haven't had any complaints from residents who are living in them.