@Bob Okenwa @Katherine Blazer @Andrew Postell Thank you so much, all three of you.

Andrew Southard with Berkshire Hathaway was my agent.

@Andrew Kiefer the 4 house limit was the past, they loosened up the ability to buy up to 10 properties with loans. 

Hi Andrew.

@Andrew CowlesMy advice is to leverage the VA loan and focus on residential multiple families for a buy and hold.

@Andrew Freed Somebody else brought up this same idea to me - using the flexibility of a HELOC (and ability to make a cash offer) to secure the property, and then later paying off the HELOC with a fixed rate mortgage at a later date. 

Originally posted by @Andrew Montague:I have a connection for pre-construction homes where the lender has a relationship with the builder and as a result, I get a reduced price on the homes.

@Andrew @Andrew Eherts Thank you for that.

Thanks for the reply, @Andrew Eherts, I have heard the term "promissory note" before but never knew what it meant. 

Agreed with @Andrew Freed on the revenue stream idea.