But I would argue that you can be over-leveraged as long as your cash flow is strong enough to survive a drop in revenue and that you are sure you would not need to sell during the downturn

Ultimately, I'd like to move the property under my name before anything happens(!)

I am ultimately just trying to beat the crowed and find ways to obtain information before it is advertised.

While the low down payment costs are what entices many veterans to jump on that loan , it will significantly increase your PITI and ultimately thats more money you would have to pay interest on, even 1% down can prevent thousands of dollars in interest over the life of the loan.Best of luck and feel free to reach out for anything I can help with!

You will ultimate have to buy all your cash flow at a very high loss due to the opportunity value of that equity.

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Sounds like you've read through some of the posts about screening tenants - some may translate to your situation some may not, give it a re-read and it may hit you like a ton of bricks that - that is just the question I need to ask - write it down in your bullet points.Sounds like things are pretty crazy with moving out and whatnot, but do get your pictures together as soon as you can, even if you have to shuffle the mess from the kitchen - take your pics, and then move all the mess back into the kitchen to take pics of the living area...I'm sure that'll be a PIA, but will take your mind away from not having the pics up in the first place and ultimately feeling self-conscious about not.  

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Ultimately I would like to move into consistently flipping homes and even owning some residential rental properties so that I have a solid monthly income based on however rental properties I own in the future.

Steve, I'm sorry man but while I get what you are saying ultimately your saying you have people that can't do their frigging job of paying some attention to detail and doing math.