At last, we had a firm closing date...and 17 hours before closing they suddenly announce that it's a non-warrantable loan and they can't cover it.

And just in case here....make sure your lender knows about condos being "warrantable" and that they can explain this to you in simple terms.

With a QCD the Grantor does not warrant title where with a Warranty Deed (s)he does. 

In this extremely hot sellers market over the last several years, it is very difficult to find a lipstick deal with enough spread to warrant moving forward with it.

When I look at this - my biggest kick in the gut is the commission piece on exit, so I am getting my license renewed to reduce that - but I think the questions above still warrant discussion.Appreciate the feedback in advance!

I don't think you can buy into a non-warrantable condo (an investor complex) with a VA loan, but please, whoever is more knowledgeable than I am, correct me if I'm wrong.So my own (semi-uneducated, with what I could find out in half an hour about the area) strategy would be to try to qualify for a loan for the best (numbers-wise) property that I could get with at least 2 bedrooms, with 2 bathroom preferred if I could get it, where I'd be able to rent out after I left.

My wife just changed from NCO to Warrant Officer so that has extended her time in the Army by quite a few years. 

Either way though I could do both if the situation warranted it and the seller was ok with closing a little later. what would you say an acceptable rate from a hard money lender looks like these days?

Definitely anything north of $10k in my opinion warrants something like this.

Any insights as to if limiting the number of tenants to only one is warranted, even for such a small space?