I'm feeling most drawn to a buy and hold rental investing strategy and like the idea of the BRRRR strategy in tandem with VA loans, basically refinancing VA loan backed mortgages to conventional loans once there is 20% equity in the home.

Hey there @James Colgan - Love the idea of house hacking a duplex!

Seek out local real estate groups to get an idea and network around local regulations.

However I do have a few other ideas but I would need to know a bit more about your situation, timeframe, overall financial objectives.

I have some ideas about how to do this so we both get the most benefit, but there's one part of this that I want to get some input on. 

The Idea is to create a new real estate asset class - the Room Condo. 

This is the graveyard of great ideas, plans, hopes and dreams that were never done.

Even if these relationships don't go anywhere, you'll get a lot from just having a couple of calls.Next I would try to find some local investment groups/communities and try to chat with as many investors as you can to get an idea how other's started out in your market.

My idea is to put 20% down on a $1 million property, with the remaining $800,000 paid off over 8–10 years, depending on how much yearly income the seller would want.I’ve seen a lot of discussions about using seller financing for investment properties, but not much when it comes to primary residences.

I gave them consistent feedback for years and still believe they could have made $10m or more off of my ideas.