Curious what ideas you have on how to tweak these offers so that if anyone of them gets accepted or countered, there is room to get a deal done that will end up being a great deal for either Cash buyer, or investors or lenders that would partner with me to step in as owner.

You can have a grand total of around 430K in VA loans.  

My provisional strategy is to put a room in a property up for rent while also living in it as my primary residence for a year.

Especially in cheaper houses there is just no room for error.You did a nice job on the flip.

He sent a contractor that admitted to me he was high onnstimulants and he caused severe wayer samage that flooded the living room below and the basement below that.   

Room to build more?

I can teach people how to safely & intelligently invest in apartment buildings, and if there is room for us to do deals together, awesome.  

General tips: design for the target demographic and go above and beyond whatever the competition is doing, ie if the competition has a hot tub and a pool, make sure you have a hot tub and a pool AND a game room, etc.

I ask when our condo will get posted outside and he says there should be room in a couple of days.  

spoke to a guy earlier this week that has started and sold several. noted if you do not have $2M to start with its probably going to be extremely challenging as you need to get to $200M in originations a year to really make it worth the while as there are specific staff like compliance etc. that are needed from the get go.Having started several businesses i have learned trying to do it with staff and only a few hundred grand will not work.Thats also thing with loan officers, most states now require them to be W2 not 1099.