Cherry Hill West is still good compared to other places, but not quite as good as East.Not sure if that helps at all, but it's what I can contribute.

Do you spend all day obtaining comparative prices?

I think the retail spaces will bring in no less than $750 per month after they are renovated seeing how the shopping centers are getting 1500 and up for comparable spaces. 

VA loan has to be used for your main residence, and in General they only allow each individual to have one at a time, It is very comparable to the FHA loan.

We did move to Denver from DC though, so our 816 sqft duplex unit was palatial compared to the 500 soft studio we were living in in DC!

(But it's not cap rate that you are dealing with regarding properties smaller than a 5-plex, it's COMPARABLE value - known as Comps). 

Those models look pretty nice compared to some others I've seen.

You might be looking at $50k and possibly higher rehab costs.It's a plex, so it goes by comparable sales.... the rents etc only matter for you in terms of whether it's worth it or not.

I would use the answer to this question in comparison to other realtor's answers to see if you get better value elsewhere.Test your realtor: What comps have sold recently and how do they compare to your property?  

For residential investment properties most banks lend 70% LTV, and you can typically get the 15-30 year range, along with market interest rates (compared to hard money, which charge points and higher rates).