My LOE was excellent and it didn't matter.

I put it in  Excel Spreadsheet.  

Our contacts led us to an excellent realtor who helped us identify this property which turned out to be quite close to the turnkey property we purchased last year.

Here are a couple of questions you can ask.1) Do they own real estate in the market and are they actively buying2) Do they purchase or own real estate in the areas they are currently selling (in other words, would they own what they are selling)3) Do you pull permits on your jobs4) Is their PM company licensed 5) Explain how your property mgmt company is transparent with maintenance and billing your property management company (Probably most important as a non-transparent PM can bleed you)6) How does your Property Management company excel in communicating to the investor (also important as you are out of state)

The two biggest markers of success from what I have experienced and seen in my clients is setting yourself up with a low maintenance  home and a low maintenance tenant(s) and there's an art to that. 

A smaller percentage are in an excellent rental town that commuters love.

We have an excellent working relationship and I would like to create a scenario where I can assist him to become a real estate investor (by funding him) as well as helping grow my IRA.  

The other properties look like they go with their driveways, so I don't feel the need to look back through the deed history.This property would be an excellent house hacking project for me, except for the parking. 

Also, try understanding in full detail how the BP calc on rental or flip property works enough so you can recreate it in excel.

To add to your excellent explanation, Before I knew about the VA IRRRL I was going to actually incorporate the VA fundiing fee to the loan which would cost me even more because interest would be applied to it.