Could have held until this winter and gotten his occupancy up to around 80% and would have added another $500k to the value.Downpayment $310kAll in cost plus loan: $1.3mmSold for $2.4mm; with 250k seller financing for 5 years. 

It has to be your primary residence to be able to use your VA loan.

Initial Financing: Used a hard money loan (HML) with 10% down, interest-only at 10.95% for 1 year.

Im looking to try and either get a duplex or a single family with a FHA loan.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

@Ben O'Neill I have a second, and for a short while a third loan on a property.

We are in Los Angeles, and although we do not own anything in SD, we hold a loan on a portfolio of SFR's there that is not performing at the moment.

Also consider all lenders will require to review your insurance when underwriting a loan and it's likely a violation of your existing loan documents to let the properties go uninsured even if they didn't require insurance escrows. 

Early in my career I worked on cattle ranches, then started doing farm and ranch loans for seven years, and now have been doing hard money lending and other real estate investing.

The reason why I ask is because that could determine what loan options are available to you (and interest rates).