If I self-manage at Encore, do our guests get access to water park?  

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

Moving south...here are some quick areas of note: Florence - Centrally located and easily accessible from Eugene.

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I agree with this.

I figured lowest money out of pocket was the best way to go, and in this case FHA would provide the lowest downpayment.

If you do decide on MN, did a similar analysis as you a few months back in St Paul with rent-to-price ratios based on median price and median rents for each neighborhood in St Paul.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

However, this has back-fired because it takes time to drive out to the home only to get a firm "NO" to your request.   

Seek to get an understanding of what they know about ADA compliant (probably nothing), present your case in calm friendly manner.