One unit is included in the rent of one of the tenants living in the house, I'll be using a second one, and the third I will need to find a new tenant.After putting it online for a day I received a ton of interest, and the first person to call me was a woman who collects and restores antiques. 

It also suffered frozen pipes & we subsequently flipped it lease to own to a contractor friend who has since done an amazing job restoring it.Bad winters have provided us with some very unique opportunities. 

My question is if I do this can I still refinance my VA to a conventional loan later on in life to restore my VA entitlement once I build up more equity?

I think it's either a formed habit of a certain person.Most of the skilled trades people, as I have come to notice, have some sort of "quirts" - not sure how else I would call it.I have a guy Jorge who is probably one of the few guys left who knows how to restore terrazo floors. 

The property is now unihabitable and from what I can guess so far its going to be 6-8 weeks for the house to be restored and ready to rent again.My question is what should I be prepared for that I haven't thought of. 

I am working to restore an old 1960s ranch style home. 

There is no way the VA thinks you are going to buy a 4-plex and live in all the units yourselfThe VA has a refinance option that is very good, and it specifically lets you use it even if the property is a rental and not occupied by the veteranThe VA allows you to use your secondary entitlement to own more than 1 property at the same time using your VA loanThere is a once-in-a-lifetime restoration of benefit for a property you fully own so you can reuse the VA loan to buy additional propertyThe VA knows people invest with this loan while also getting a place to live, and they have made rules specifically to accommodate this activity.

The price was $16,000 but if I do the connection and the lawn restoration they knock 3 grand off .    

Can I claim $595 (avoiding 1099 minimum) and not claim the rest, or do I just pay them in cash and not claim any of this as an expense? 

I asked this my landlord what it means and he said that they plan to create a deposit summary, but cannot do so until the unit is vacated by all units because my previous roommates are living there so they cannot restore the room back to its previous state.