I'm feeling most drawn to a buy and hold rental investing strategy and like the idea of the BRRRR strategy in tandem with VA loans, basically refinancing VA loan backed mortgages to conventional loans once there is 20% equity in the home.

@Timothy Frazier Yes, the only reason to use HML as a down payment is if the property is "mostly turnkey" AND you don't have the funds to renovate AND you have strong CMA comps from a real estate agent that supports that the fact that you are buying a property that is under valued AND your renovations would push that so that you could refinance.

Many times they will hold back the renovation costs in escrow and release once you’ve shown the renovated unit and leased it.  

A link to FilePlace is at the bottom of every page, making it easy to find.If you have technical issues, email support@biggerpockets.com, and someone will help you.

Incurring debt before you have sufficient earnings to support that debt.

It's more like BRR(hold)RR now.Yes!! 

I had scraped and struggled along until then and I was just exhausted from the transient nature of the “gigs” I used to support myself up until that point .

Support - I hired an RE attorney @ $350 hourly.

Dodd Frank corrects this by requiring the price be supported by an appraisal or some  basis. 

Like anything.. when you pay for training and support you have to put in the time on your own as well to see the results, unfortunately it does not come with a magic bag of dust, but if you are looking to find the right path in this marketplace you are in good hands with Matt and his team.