As many here have said, you are best served to hit the ground running now with your VA loan and house hack a 2-4 unit to get the ball rolling.

"Boots on the ground" that you can trust is one of the most important aspects of long distance rehabbing.

I'd aim for boots on the ground and continue networking with agents, local contractors, and investors. 

Guidelines need to change to make sure the Flippers are not being replaced completely by the next big rage "New Construction".I believe in the next few weeks or months companies that only did Fix and Flip / Bridge Loans with a couple of rental loan thrown in for good measure will SHIFT to funding Ground Up New Construction.

Maybe the seller isnt that motivated.Well if your looking to squad up or need boots on the ground let me know.

I do have boots on the ground in my market that I planned on paying after getting a property under contract.

I could use some advice from those of you who are boots on the ground in Florida.

They were blaming the tenant, but it sounded like a floating neutral or phase dropping in and out.

I could use some advice from those of you who are boots on the ground in Florida.

I'll be hand-wavy with names/places/numbers because I don't want to overshare but am happy to call myself out for missteps along the way.For the first foray into real estate I purposely didn't want to overextend myself because I'm very much still in the learning phase.