From your description it also seems our long term goals are somewhat aligned through rehabing and the purchase of buy and hold rentals.

I appreciate the comments. 1) For multiple income streams i would go with Multi Family buy and holds, bank notes, and a finance/brokerage component.

Spend time underwriting the sponsor and make sure they have a team that can execute and that their goals are aligned with your goals.

Spend time underwriting the sponsor and make sure they have a team that can execute and that their goals are aligned with your goals.

Any qualified agent representing the buyer will build in refundable component of the EMD in the contract.There is no typical closing window.

As far as I was told, note: I am not an attorney, and this is no legal advice, a single member LLC where your are the member has almost no asset protection component.

My understanding of the investment visa is that you will need a company set up to invest into.I know I can help with the operations component if you are thinking of establishing a real estate business.

You want to compare the surplus per year, along with the replacement schedule and make sure they're on track to have enough $ built up to replace them without a special assessment in N years (where N is the remaining useful lifetime of the component). 

My father is a licensed contractor of 30 years, my step mother/grandparents own their own title company and my father in law is a realtor (still unsure about that last connection) so the stars seem to be aligned for my investment plans.My main question for everyone is if anyone else here has taken advantage of the VA loan for their investment property?

I think the most important step prior to engaging various 3rd parties is to make sure you and your partner are both aligned in your goals & expectations- then you can have a clearer picture of what you want when you go speaking to all the other various suits.