Any thoughts on that sweet spot between capital, time, or any other factors that investors are looking for that makes them go for a flip vs a rental?

I don't want to use his name publicly without his permission, so perhaps we can DM each other to confirm if that is the case.Anyways, all of the above comments are spot on, he should be benefiting from the deals but you should also do you own due diligence on everything too.As I mentioned, feel free to send me a message and we can connect that way if you would like. 

I don't want to stretch ourselves too thin, so please let me know if you think it's best to just sell this house to put us in a better spot for the next house we purchase. 

While this is not a prohibition on getting a new loan it will make it more difficult if the second loan is FHA, and the reason his advice it so spot on is the transaction will go so much better if you start with FHA and do VA second.  

With my partner, we have about 16k in cash total which doesn't leave me in a comfortable spot.

If they don't choose one of your offers on the spot, follow up with them a day or 2 later after they've had a chance to think it over.Using this strategy for the first time, I bought 5 houses in 30 days.

I need to get the routers replaced (a bit difficult from my spot 2000 miles away) but when I do, I'm going to stick with the default settings, so I don't have to worry about those systems losing internet connection just because of a router reset.

But in my observations of scrub wearing pedestrians, I haven't spotted any on Cross St.

I have signed up for Buyers on Fire (back-office management program with sweet spot locator, lead capture numbers, pipeline management, and comps calculator.)

There are perfectly nice neighborhoods in the mid $400s plus that will be likely landing spots for Amazon Employees in south Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Rockville, North Potomac.I think the more well paid employees in sort of that $700k per year range are going to pool in Arlington, Mclean, Potomac, Bethesda.