I didnt want to have both husband and my credit ran and I may be able to just use my credit thus the reason for no traditional bank.

Traditional How did you add value to the deal?

The price points are just too rich for my blood as far as investing goes.

@Patrick Thomas DickinsonI've done three deals this year with 25% down and traditional financing.

In Rich Dad language, I definitely want to get into the I&B quadrants.

You'd get your VA loan paid off, would have it on a traditional mortgage and have an extra 10k-ish to use.

This new property that I’m interested in buying would technically be my new primary residence but I don’t plan on staying there all to often in the traditional sense since I cannot live in the same city that I work in to receive tax benefits on my salary.

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This will also only require one loan, which will give me more ability to purchase additional homes down the road with traditional financing.Option 2: Liquidate 50% of the portfolio and buy a duplex, while keeping the other 50% invested in the brokerage account.

I was reading that I’ll have to get creative with my financing being that obtaining a traditional loan may not be available to me.