Hello, I am an architect in NY and I am taking a leap into developing my first project which ideally is a distressed single family house in Westchester County, NY.

Ideally you not only got all your initial investment out but because a VA loan was used at a high LTV you likely got a lot more than you invested out as the refinance likely is at 80%LTV. 

Ideally, I would like to find a company that is familiar with double-closing and assignments of contracts. 

If you play around with it, zillow caches old rental listings. 

So that was less than ideal but at least I didn’t have to evict them

ideally the contractor's expertise is doing contractor items including rehabs. 

I deal in the home building processes with my current full time career, and would love to get my first deal on the move.

You can also contact local wholesalers and join their buyer's list for off market properties that would be ideal for a buy and hold investor like yourself.

If your deal needs rehab work and the value will be increased substantially then a short term loan would be ideal. 

Looking at this as a MHP:Hard to see such high lot rent in a place "far out", but let's play with that and some other assumptions:12% Cap, 9 Lots at $350/mth, 50% expense ratio (park provides water & small number of homes),  = $158K.