Each property would be in the same area so his concern was that a VA loan would be hard to justify to an underwriter on that subsequent property.

From your subsequent post, it looks like you (only) have about 8%* equity that you're not paying for.

I was able to buy and then subsequently refinance most of my initial investment out of my Lyons four unit in 2015/2016.

When analyzing a restaurant tenant, it may also be important to take into account that restaurants (generally) have very low margins and subsequently low occupancy costs when compared with other businesses.

As long as you take that into consideration when you decide on your offer and, subsequently, the purchase price, you will be in great shape.  

I have the parcel number and am waiting for the surveyor to provide a preliminary report/sketch and see if our agent is on the right track.We haven't sold anything yet because the sale is awaiting our results and subsequent changes.We own 2 parcels, but have 1 parcel ID # on the special warranty deed we received.

IF the fee was not disclosed on your LE, or subsequent disclosures during the process, and there is nothing in the fine print of your disclosures that indicates the lender charges a $100 appraisal review fee, (which would be a separate line item from the Appraisal itself, since that fee is paid to an AMC [Appraisal Management Company] on your behalf) then I would ask them to take it off. 

You will have to give a summary of the situation and the subsequent solution after it's all said and done.

Reason I ask is, i am inheriting a PM and am being told they forward funds on 15th of subsequent month.

Note that there is a 5 year lookback rule that will affect your future capital gains if you treated a capital loss as an ordinary loss and subsequently had a capital gain within 5 years.