It can also maintain property value while providing potential rental income.The Bad: Disputes can arise over payments, property use, and management.

An investor buys, flips, rents, manages people, and hold assets. 

Those management companies knew they had no units available.

We have some short term rentals and management that we are scaling in the area.

I would also need assistance with building the right team, which consist of a great lender, realtor (that has experience w/out of state investors) property manager, contractors, etc.Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

With your disability rating, you'll also be exempt from the VA funding fee which will save you thousands of dollars.It can be difficult to scale a rental portfolio using only the VA loan because VA designed this loan to be a benefit to the veteran to help you acquire a primary residence. 

That will of course take time, so what others have suggested will be a much faster way to scale your portfolio. 

Our monthly operating expenses, including salaries for property manager, security,housekeeping, utilities, insurance/taxes range between $3500 - $4000 a month.

I am going into Architecture this coming fall and lately have been thinking of getting a minor in either RED or construction management.

I have been using Tenantcloud to manage my 40+ units and so far I was satisfied from the features they provide for $144 per year.