I'm up for trying to set up at a coffee shop or something like that.

So you may need to shop around for a lender that knows how to work with a VA loan.

I shopped around and got a much better deal and then I raised my deductable to the max.

You will have to shop around to see who you click with.

@Brandon WillinMaybe we can meet up for some coffee tomorrow and talk shop...

Brewed my own coffee and brown bagged my lunch.  

If this is the case and he doesn't have the funds then see if it can be renewed for 90-120 days so that you can shop the loan around to other lenders to seek a different solution.  

Maize - best school system ; largest number of nearby restaurants/shopping of the 3 areas you mentioned.

I definitely see some parallels with all the large tech companies setting up shop here and expanding.

If its your burning desire to run and manage SFR's for a living then I think moving to Detroit and setting up shop is an excellent idea.. and I think you can do that in a number of rust belt cities.. and some cities in the deep south and basically achieve the same results..