On VA loans in general, I think they are a great tool and 0% down is awesome as long as its a choice. 

I don't think that choosing to purposely delay the date of which the rental is first available by choice makes it "in service" at the time of that choice. 

Those are some excellent choices for books.

I was never too keen on short term rentals due to the government/regulation risk as the model became more popular with folks trying to score quick wins. 

If you are in Toronto I can send you one of their info.the choice of purchasing on your personal name vs an LLC is how much personal exposure you are willing to provide.

In 5 years the memory of an extra month in OK won’t matter, but it could help you clarify the choices and options available to you now.Mathew

You have two choices here of what to do with it:1 - Spend it all in one place, and you put all of your properties at risk (not just the ones you are talking about closing on here) if the number of rents not paid, and thus monthly expenses not covered from those rents, is greater than your cash available to cover those expenses.2 - Buy these two properties with 20% down, and you have the other 80% of the cash still available to cover the problem(s) stated in #1. 

I do deep soul searching on my choices.

I concur with Matt on the technicality, at least as it applies to San Diego.Personally, I am doing the following for my residential projects (2-4 unit rehab/builds):Paused the start of construction on new projects till at least end of month (though planning and coordinating is still going).Made it clear to any of the subs and workers involved that it's their choice whether they want to work during this time or not.  

Don’t jump to conclusion or make accusations for what anyone’s choices are during this time.