Any Vets have any experience buying a place with VA home loan with the intent to occupy that home and not end up moving in?

I suggest you reference current information.My intention was not to get into a flame war with you on a thread.

Tamara - I was not chastising you, but trying to figure out your intentions here.

You also do not want any residual interest like the right to buy after an eviction.Just be careful and make sure you really understand the local and state laws.How you choose to receive payments could cause a problem if it shows that your documented intent was not what you did in practice.

The upstairs tennant asked that I remove the one near his door due to his breathing.

So, I decided to try & get in touch with him, just to pick his brain a little bit about how he finds his properties, how to find buyers, etc, with the intent of getting info to use for wholesaling.

It was purchased with the intention of being a second home as I have family in the area, but it’s rented the majority of the year.

And you don’t know the intentions or knowledge of anyone else as much as yourself. 

Not many realize this but it is your intent plus the holding period that qualify it for long term capital gains. 

the requirement is that your intent must be to hold it for investment.