We have some additional money to deploy in your area and I was wondering if you are interested in selling?" 

Get into an environment where you can 3x - 5x yearly and clear 100k in profit after tax and then deploy that capital into the 2-4 unit buildings and hold those. 

Having your team set and ready to deploy as soon as an offer is accepted will make this a much smoother process for you.

I've lived in both, and am currently deployed with the Army Reserves.

Actually, most investors are rising CASH in 2023 for all time high and they are all ready to DEPLOY to WHEREthe spread between the yield and future price action is widening LOLWhat i do HOPE is now Fed doesn't reduce the rate in 2024so i would expect more syndication and GP filing bankruptcyand we all investors buying at the bottom from cap rate 7 to cap rate 8 LOL

My plan is to use my VA loan after I get done with this deployment and use house hacking to cover the mortgage.

We are trying to narrow our focus to a hand full of markets to deploy into multi-family and long term single family rentals. 

Here is your best course of action to leverage the house if you definitely want to keep it: Get a DSCR loan for as much as they will give you and deploy that cash into other deals.

I have deployed this strategy and used a heloc to finance my last 2 properties.

When I got back from deployment I use my VA loan to buy a new construction quad and house hacked while I teamed up with a local GC and started flipping houses and got my Real Estate license in TN.