I would like to pursue eventually becoming a broker, a builder, and develop a large portfolio of buy and hold investment properties.Closed on my third investment property today. 

Environmental companies can perform an assessment called and ESA or "Desktop Review" its a historical record search that ties into a number of databases that will know the history of that tank if their is one, who put it in, and if it is still deemed "hazardous or dangerous" to the public.My company is an environmental firm that handles these types of issues in the commercial and residential real estate industry.

A third option could be to pick up a second job to increase your income.

Additionally, only my aunt's third appears to benefit from the 250k capital gains exemption.The house has appreciated approximately 300k in the last 16 years. 

We are living in the third foreclosure that I have rehabbed.

By curating this data, we can have peace of mind that a property is performing without having to do frequent walkthroughs.

For example, an hourly rate to perform maintenance and on commission to rent units, or an bookkeeper who rents units and inspects maintenance calls and coordinates work, whatever you gotta do.  

This means if he can not afford $400 the buyers are not performing and it is up to the sellers to keep the deposit ore reject the offer.My question is why you even bother with VA loan offer paying everything. 

A friendly attorney should be able to file a specific performance suit for a few hundred dollars.

., a industry specific cal center and "boots on the ground" (an individual who is local to the property who can perform the needed onsite tasks).