I think it's a one time fee roughly 2.15% of the loan, but you are exempt from the funding fee if you have VA service connect disability (10% or more). 

One of those situations is when the tenant is over age 62 or disabled and has lived in the unit for more than 10 years.

However, please note that the elderly, disabled and children have some protection over a owner move in eviction.

Not normal - threatening to sue me if I kicked him out as he is on disability and I am causing him distress, and threatening to have the tenants who complain to talk to him (probably plan on beating them up or something).

For instance disabled, or over 65 or homestead exemptions can significantly lower the property taxes until you buy the house as an investor and everything is reassessed.

I am a disabled veteran with a small amount of capitol and not much of an income to get anymore in the near future.

Hi Quinton,This may or may not be applicable to you, but if by "unemployed" you mean "on temporary disability, but my job is waiting for me when I get better, and we have an estimated return to work date," than this would be a scenario where ADA trumps ATR and you can still get a traditional mortgage.Fannie guideline on long-term/permanent disability, on social security disability, and on what may be applicable to you: "temporary leave income," which includes short term medical disabilities.For that last one:Just like women/men on maternity/paternity/pregnant leave, a gap between temporarily reduced income due to medical condition, and your normal income, can be made up for using asset depletion.

Find a lender/broker who is very familiar with these loans and you should be fine.You do not have to pay the fee if you are a: Veteran receiving VA compensation for a service-connected disability, ORVeteran who would be entitled to receive compensation for a service-connected disability if you did not receive retirement or active duty pay, ORSurviving spouse of a Veteran who died in service or from a service-connected disabilitysource: https://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/purchaseco_l...Source for how much your funding fee  will be:  https://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/documents/do...Curious as to why you are exempt from property taxes.

Lots of permanent renters, people on disability/welfare, Section 8.

We are both physical therapists and we do not find it wise to have 100% of our income be reliant on being physically able to work (disability insurance can only provide so much comfort).