Consider quality, renter-friendly materials on your initial rehab (if any rehab is required) instead of top-dollar materials, if the intent is to use the property as a rental property investment.You are typically obligated to be an owner/occupant for twelve months when using the VA loan.

I too have had success with turnkey investment properties in terms of quality of tenant and securing long term leases but definitely agree about the limited appreciation.

You'll get a higher quality (and thinking) tenant pool who doesn't see this as a ploy for stealing their personal information.  

It’s been great seeing your portfolio grow with quality properties over the years.

The quality of work would also be lower as I don't pretend to be as skillful as a contractor.

In the areas you are looking the tenant quality should really cut down on your expenses to make it very profitable. 

Even the renovations he does do (seldom) are not only of poor quality, but of poor choice and taste  (our buildings are beige with BLACK accents, AND SO ARE THE KITCHENS).  

That way I do not have to try to look through all the events :-)The books you referenced are they on audio?

The need for quality residential and commercial space has become astonishing, making the right investment in Toledo is sometimes not easy with so many different projects to choose from.

Key criteria for a successful SFH househack:Suitable zoning criteria, i.e. room rental laws (county by county)Within 1 mile of hospital, major company HQ, public university, and private university (to attract 20-somethings)At least half as many bathrooms as bedrooms (i.e. a 4 bed / 2.5 bath could work, but 4 / 1.5 could get sticky)Plenty of driveway space / street parking (1 per roommate)Plenty of kitchen space (since the kitchen is the most occupied room other than individual rooms)Basement or side entrance entry point (i.e. if you wanted to turn the basement into your living space, you could enter from a side entrance)Un-involved neighborhood community (cul-de-sacs can be the worst spots)Turn-key quality (i.e. you won't need to fix much of anything when you move in)This list is by no means exhaustive, but things to think about when you work with an agent on a SFH househack.