Also does it impact mortgage rate and insurance also?

.- I have the VA loan and have a VA disability rate over 50%.- I have excellent credit and over $100k in non retirement investment accounts intended for buying my first home.- No kids, just a significant other.- Zero debt.If you were me, what would be your next step?

The seller did not realize there is a cost to lock in rates.

It is very challenging to debt service at higher LTVs given the rates we have. 

That being said there are also bad deals in any area, here included.I would run your numbers based on historical data from airbnb - pretty easy to check on airdna or even just going in the airbnb app and seeing not only what nightly rates look like for certain properties but what their occupancy is - from there you can estimate monthly revenue with a reasonable degree of accuracy and see if that lines up with your targeted returns.

Conventional financing will offer the most competitive rates but can be more income restrictive and can be unscalable as investor portfolio expand.

I do not know the markets you mention, but wonder how numbers could work today in a very mature market like Nashville with a current seemingly high vacancy rate due to lots of development in recent years. 

With many seasoned real estate investors locked into low first mortgage rates and large equity positions, many borrowers and investors have been exploring tapping second position loans like home equity lines of credit for reinvestment capital towards down payment or rehabilitation funds. 

However, this seems like an inadequate amount if costs rise for Future Value with a 3% inflation rate.

Some real quick items here:VA Loans are for Primary HomesYou can use VA Loans for 1-4 unit properties (House Hacking)VA Loans have 0% downpayment (most of the time)You can have more than 1 VA loan (some people don't know that)VA Loans do carry a "funding fee" which is like a little "tax" to write the loan, but it is waived if you are a disabled veteran.VA Loans do not have PMI (and that's a huge benefit for us)VA Loans also have a very streamlined refinance feature (called a VA IRRRRL) which makes it super easy to refinance if rates were to fall (hopefully that will occur in the future)VA Loans can also be used by a surviving spouse.The VA may not give us the best health benefits but they can certainly get us into debt!