I don't know a single person who regrets starting out with a quad and house hacking.

Affordable housing is about the housing itself and the economic environment it is created in.

If it does go to probate, hopefully your brothers and you can amicably go the informal route vs formal (I've worked with families in both when buying properties out of probate and informal is FAR easier).Since there's no debt on the house, maybe you could sell with financing or maybe you could even buy out your brothers with financing -- that way you maintain ownership and just pay them a monthly amount.

Yes you can but it depends on the lender some lenders do not allow due to overlays and in house restrictions. 

The other question I have is if anyone has tried this on repeat, like with standard house hacking (live in for a year and repeat). 

What is the capital markets for this type of housing?

I was just thinking today there was all this excitement about VA loan assumptions there for a while when interest rates started going up. 

So I'm strongly considering adding a handful of these to my buy & hold portfolio.I understand that there's no "risk-free" method to acquiring these properties subto, but have any of you had success over the long-term acquiring properties with VA loans attached?

Are you trying to afford a house much more expensive than your W2s could cover? 

My initial idea was to find a house in the &150k-$200k range and flip it for $300k-&350k.