Before the inks dry the sell the paper to fannie and freddie.  

The catch is inexperienced investors are slow to pull the trigger and so agents can get frustrated working and never seeing a commission.I purchased my first rental property with little to no experience, used 30K between down payment, closing costs, and traveling to the property to see it.

If you check those things and the numbers are still in line I would pull the trigger.

I need a hard loan or a partner the guy i was working with keeps backing out of deals, i think he's afraid to pull the trigger.

If you invest in the stock market and then find a real estate deal to invest in, prior to selling the brownstone, then pulling the money out in less than a year would trigger short term capital gains/losses.- Have you considered a DAF (donor advised fund). 

The day before I start I go through with a little bucket of mudd and fill in all of the holes so that they can dry overnight.

It will dry up VERY FAST. 

You may want to keep them as two unit properties rather than sfr's.Also, you may want to refinance them as 1 commercial property and keep your powder dry for some other properties down the line that make more sense to finance conventionally. 

If im able to use the annual fee as a business expense then I am gonna do it but ill need to wait until i have a big enough expense lined up to hit the bonus on one of them before i pull the trigger on that. 

@Alexandra Garced hey Alexandra I've had clients use the VA Reno loan and almost pulled the trigger on it myself but ended up needing to go hard money to make the deal work.