But people keep making outrageous claims and people buy that crap.Stop the spread of nonsense, please.Who gives a damn if AI can find 3000000 people in 3 seconds if none of them are motivated sellers.

I think any of the ideas you see here are worth considering before taking a huge tax hit even if you spread it out. 

Try spreading the strategy out. 

I am sure there  are deals less but when you consider the mid west at 75 to 125 a foot  thats a big spread.. and basically for the same quality houses.

We don't want to be spread to thin at this point.

I have some debt I am paying off quickly (avalanche) and am wondering if I should try to get two loans, one from VA for my house and the other traditional for a rental property spread out over time while I'm paying this debt off, or wait a few years and be much more debt free.

In my experience, the spread has recently been around 75-100 bps on rate. 

That equity spread out over 2-3 properties would significantly improve your ROI over time.

I've been saying this to some of the "Gurus" out there who are spreading fear. 

Never been a big shot, just average investor spread across different asset classes.