I have two banks that have done so as well as a credit card, and know of a couple of organizations that have as well.

I still have enough room with my VA entitlement for a buy and hold in a couple of years, so I'd rather save it for later!

Hence the idea of a couple more properties, however, with much more units than I currently have per building. 

Mitch Stephen out of San Antonio has had 4 called due in the last couple of months.

The property has to be considered 'in service' for you to list it on your tax return.In service entails a couple of items such as1) The property is in livable condition - Working bathroom, kitchen and an area to live.2) The property was advertised for rent.Best of luck

Buying one property or so every year or couple years.But I recently thought.

No problem, you'll really want to know since I ran into a couple of big ones.   

You should learn how to analyze property to ensure it's going to pay for itself.A couple suggestions:1.

Double or triple that suckage for anything less than C+/B-   If you wouldn’t be willing to walk there from a couple blocks away at 10PM, that’s a hard pass in any market. 

Just a heads-up: with the way the insurance market has been here over the past couple of years, this is accurate as of today, but things could look very different (for better or worse) in 6+ months.