I suspect the reason you are unsure if your property would rent is that you are overwhelmed with analyzing some many different properties in several markets and shifting back and forth from one asset class to the other.Hope this helps, Eric.

No feeling of control.My values shifted quickly.MONEY IS NOT WEALTH.Wealth is when money works for you, providing abundance of what matters most (time for family, friendships, health).Therefore, money is means to an end (and a small part at that), because money without time and wisdom is a sucker’s game.TIME LEADS TO WISDOM.Books.

Are you planning to keep the VA loan or shift it to conventional to free up your VA for another purchase?

Go ahead and shift blame to the contractor and suggest they seek an "alternative" person, more sympathetic to the challanges of owning rental property, and that now you feel it necessary to fully document future issues(photo's, video) if their people handle any other repairs.

They are best left to non profit historical societies that are not concerned with cost.

Also major technology changes through the 80-90's shifted the market from "paper stock certificate" to a high speed trading network.

As that happens your time commitment will shift away from the sites and to the business side more.

I'd even say a good 25% of my bookings are accepted and paid before some of my competitors even bothered to respond to what I'm sure are inquiries from the same person that asked me about rates for a particular week/month.And once on-property, if you're not checking in, being pro-active about making sure they're happy or spot checking occasionally to top them up on towels or what not, you may see your ratings tend towards the non-5 star.So to sum up, I'd say if you're coming from a long term rental mindset, the attention to detail and constant communication would be the biggest shift in mentality.  

What happens when you deploy all your equity and then markets shift.

How is a person supposed to be a productive member of society and make a change if you cant get a loan to be an entrepreneur let alone get a decent job?