Are you looking for a lender contact on this, or wondering how to structure the business? 

And a little skepticism that the market would continue to grow at 5% or more on average (it's been ~7% average for the 8 years I've lived here)@Dave Foster I filled out the BP spreadsheet here for the sell or rent decision, and similar to you advice, selling and investing the profits in index funds performs only slightly below being a DIY landlord, making that seem an attractive option. 

Love your thought process on it all.

Read a few booksz like Brandon Turner's, and you will see how your VA loan and a few time tested strategies can be employed.

But, nothing of this really should matter.

You can also search Google and read reviews.

They will have requirements on how you can document the transfer of funds.

Excited to see what happens during other states legislative sessions this year.     

If you haven't read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, read it asap.

From real-world, not theory or something we heard or read, but from DOING.