The VA home loan needs to be for your primary residence.

"for rent by owner", investors)-search for non-homestead properties in your county and send postcards to those owners that own homes that meet the criteria you want to focus on-network with real estate attorneys -network with trustees in banks that offer trustee services-look up court records of landlords who have filed their own evictions and send them postcards -network with HOAs that have non-homestead properties in that association -when you see a "for rent by owner" sign in your area, send the owner a letter -join Facebook groups (for rent by owner, landlords) and being to contribute -improve your SEO on your website-find someone who can help you gather landlord info from Zillow, etc.

Or will the lawyers take the rental homes also?

I own rental properties on the NW side and also sell homes here - feel free to DM me when you have some time to chat. 

The link to their home page is below:https://belpointeoz.com/home/

Home Paid in Full and will become a long-term rental.

Specially, Singe family homes and or multifamily (2-5)plex.

As for me, very limited knowledge outside of my own home and an apartment I recently bought here also in NYC. 

The view this property had made it special and the way the sunlight shone into the condo made it a perfect 1st home buy for my family.

I used that color scheme on my recent BRRRR and notice that color scheme on new build homes they are building in my  area.