Thanks for ready in rather long post. 

A VA loan could be used to purchase a 1-4 unit property as long as you would occupy the the property.  

Hi Yesenia, As a foreign national investor, you will be able to finance properties with long term DSCR loans and short term hard money loans. 

David Greene wrote "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" which gives you a great tutorial, but I suggest looking at deals in the Midwest or the Southeast to allow your portfolio to get a good base of cash flow, and then once you are ready for some more appreciation focused deals, you can change your target markets.

Do you emphasize long-term holding of property or quick-turn buying/selling?

How long have you been doing this?

It does not show any license form for long term rentals.

@Elijah Skinner*Cue every agent talking about their area* hahaIn all seriousness, I've house hacked twice in Reno NV long before I became an agent here. 

The only contact information I had left was Terrance Burner's and when I reached out to him, it started a month's long conversation of me basically begging him to do what they said they would do.

I've recently left my long time W2 job after my leave of absence expired when caring for my husband.