If you are a veteran or currently enlisted, you can get a VA loan which is 0% down and no mortgage insurance.  

He is a veteran REI and has owned this building for 20 years and wants to cash out to buy more real estate out of state. 

Have a question for all the veteran STR folks out there.

To @Alecia Loveless, your parents' and sister's houses should have been homesteaded, meaning that they can only go up in taxable value by 10% annually (less for certain disabled veterans or elderly owners).

Veteran trying to buy a house with their earned VA benefit: "Oh, what's this, there's a small shed in the yard, not even on a foundation, that could be torn down in an afternoon, that's got chipped paint?!

Outside of VA loans (of which I am not a veteran) and first-time home buyer FHA loans, are there any other loan products or banks that people here have used recently where an investor can plunk down as little as 10% on a property without it being owner occupied? 

There are tons of experts and veterans of investing on BP. 

Im a 26 year old Navy veteran looking into real estate investing.

Worry less about finding a great deal than finding a place that doesn't need a lot of work (renovation is always a veteran specialist's niche in this field), is reasonably close to your work, and is purpose-built as a duplex.

.- Gerald Knott, 🇺🇸 Marine Corps Veteran, Buyers Agent @ Realty Mark Cityscape 🌎