A lot of Dave’s stuff is about investing in Real Estate and using the VA loan and military benefits and such on your way to growing your portfolio towards financial independence.

Check in with @Joseph Chiofalo for alternatives if the loan amount is above $75-100k.

Some buyers do utilize second home financing options to secure their vacation property, which is nice because it allows the applicant to go up to 90% financing on a full documentation loan. 

Through a construction and purchase loan with a hard money lender.

Are you planning on it being a super quick flip and don't want to pay the rates on a bridge loan?

Will this work on a conventional loan in California?

I asked him why, and he said after many days of review, he determined that after all the fees related to the new construction loan were factored in, the true return was less than the advertised pro-forma.  

VA loan!

VA loan!

When you say pre-reqs, do you mean in terms of qualifying for a loan?