So you are giving up several profit centers of owning real estate.

Curly in the heavy researching stage prior to my first by, but I have been preapproved and I'm ready to pull the trigger when I see something favorable.

We're in the beginning stages of a rehab in St.Paul (Frog town).

As an agent in a competitive market, VA offers are already problematic due to the inaccurate but commonly held perceptions that:1) The borrower doesn't have enough money for conventional and thus is at risk of being unable to close in case of a low appraisal or income issues during underwriting.2) The VA appraisal, often called a VA inspection, will uncover arbitrary but costly problems that need to be fixed before closing.This can be compounded if buyers are trying to use some of these non-local, call-center based lenders who are unable to accommodate quick settlements.

Recently I saw a post from someone looking for an "investor-friendly agent" and since I would imagine that all agents would be hungry to work with investors (i.e. investor-friendly), it got me thinking about what exactly that was and I read up on it here at BP.So here I am, introducing myself, and letting you all know that I at least consider myself an investor-friendly agent in the early stages (yet to work specifically with investors).

If you're like me and prefer a data-based approach, Texas A&M's real estate center website is a great centralized, objective resource to look at some of the market trends in the Austin-Round Rock MSA. 

We stage ours lightly with curtain sheers, hand towels, rugs, silk plants, no furniture.

Do these issues gathered from the grapevine merely affect the price during the negotiation stage?

It's called a reverse 1031 and I am in the very early stages.  

Fast food workers and call center operators have to live somewhere too!