It's also worth noting that, given my community development background, the intent is to help them refi into traditional financing after they've established a payment history.

From my understanding, you’re spot on that the VA only requires intent to occupy the property within 60 days—there’s no hard-and-fast rule about staying for a year.

I go in with an intention and optimism but once you're in it things work out the way they do and getting your calculator out isn't going to change that.

When you bring in intentionally say 20 million illegal immigrants you lower the wages on lower income people both by their wages and increasing their cost of living thru more competition for resources.  

Yes, I'm based in Hong Kong, but have no intentions of investing in property here.

To some degree it's always speculation, and to other degrees the risk profile situates itself for it.It's just what are your intentions & pursuits.

When you buy a property with the intention to Airbnb Househack, you can find a better layout to make it more separate / private but start with what you have, Get temporarily uncomfortable so that you have a comfortable future.

Once you have that figured out it gets easier to act intentionally.

So, come time to buy my first investment property Ill be competent in analyzing deals

The best banks that I have found based on your main concerns are smaller, regional, community sized banks. i realized imma go with amex for now bc there business credit cards are good, then if i make more ill switch to chase or maybe boa