The risk you are describing is really the same risk every investor faces.

Greetings, First and foremost, I want to thank the BiggerPocket community for being so welcoming already.

Who will be doing the showings?

Hi Barbara, welcome to the community!

@Jaidan Lanier Search "VA loan" in the search bar.

Quote from @Gavin Wright: Hello fellow Investors,Hope you and your families are all doing well this Holiday Season.Does anyone have a Go-To attorney for contract  review in the greater Savannah GA. area?

Research shows that the more experienced home buyers have a longer and generally more specific list of demands than first-time home buyers.If our buyer does not have a home tour checklist, I give them a version that I have used for years (I did not create it, another investor shared it with me and I have used it). 

You should be able to change the "to" and reply address for a gmail account to use the professional looking address, yet retain the stuff you like about your gmail account.

Any ideas for what I could/should do next to capitalize on all these messages from potential owners with properties to sell?

One week before closing the lender decided that I had not owned the property long enough.