But these day jobs mean that our REI adventure is a part-time affair. 

A good attorney structures your affairs to be cost effective and appropriate to you (the guy you used sounds a little sketch - LLC/S corp for a $10K house???)

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/49421-bill-eliminating-va-loan-cap-signed-into-lawThe Department of Veterans Affairs can now back loans that exceed the conforming loan limit, as a bill eliminating this cap was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night.The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act allows homebuyers to borrow above the 2019 limit of $484,350 for most counties without any down payment.[...]The move comes after a decades-long fight for veterans to receive health care benefits for diseases related to Agent Orange exposure, according to military.com, which said the bill will “fast-track disability compensation” for as many as 90,000 affected former service members.In an earlier draft of the bill, the cost of these benefits were to be financed by raising VA loan fees 0.35% to 0.5% for non-disabled veterans, according to military.com.But trade groups like the National Association of Realtors lobbied against such an increase, and lawmakers opted to raise the loan cap as a way to raise funds to support benefits instead.Huge for the San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland, DC, LA, San Diego, and other high cost areas of the country.

Try searching "Veteran Affairs" in the CAD and the ones that pop up should be foreclosed.

I also loathe government meddling in personal affairs. 

It's a sad state of affairs, but there is nobody that defends "trailer parks" from discrimination by the 92% of Americans that don't live in a mobile home.

If anybody tells you otherwise, they are either using a 3rd party, a slumlord, or having an affair...

I hold an accounting degree from USC Leventhal and have a background in media, specifically in television and radio news and current affairs.

The Department of Veteran Affairs doesn't have a requirement like that (that I'm aware of).

We invest both actively and passively, and it is the active investment in 30 units, 28 MF and 2 SF, that has generated the cash flow to make retirement a no-sweat affair.