I'm still going to call a few different loan officers who have dealt in VA Loans for multi families and see if there is a way to pull it off.

We had not 1 but 2 deals fall through on us due to financing(bad loan officers).

We closed in our office and right on our whiteboard was the address and 35k sale price. 

@Elliot Smithdepending on what your doing... an attorney is not needed for buying and selling or fix and flip sfr's in this market.all the title companies in WA do nice work. its best to befriend an escrow officer you like and then feed them your deals. 

Once you have a signed contract you will need to send it to your escrow officer.

I lease space in this multi-tenant fully occupied office building and have the first right of refusal whenever it is put up for sale.

This building will be a two-story home-office, lower commercial for us, upper single family loft to reside in. 

Another possibility might be adding additional sources of income - renting out the common space/room in the office if you have one, to the tenants for birthday parties etc, vending machines, coin operated laundry, pet fees, pet non refundable pet deposits.  

I read something about hiring a loan office with a license or something to take over?

There's really no reason to bring it up in the conversation you have with your loan officer unless a good part of your qualifying income relies on that license.