(last paragraph).Also, I think your daily rate is extremely high.

Honestly @Odie Ayaga, I'm open to trying them both simultaneously.

Any advice is extremely appreciated! 

Money Down" was extremely helpful, especially in stirring the creativity pot and helping me figure out ways to reach out to my current network to put some money together.

Thanks @Dmitriy Fomichenko thats some extremely useful information!

I have been working on negotiations with a seller for over a month now and I am becoming extremely frustrated with his constantly changing stance on the deal.

It was honestly harder for me to find tenants in 2006-2007 than it was in 2010-2012.

I could HI Kevin,This transition that you're asking about above is extremely important to transition smoothly and plan for because it will ensure your subsequent VA use for additonal purchases.Once the current property is refinanced with a non VA loan this will free up your entitlement for additional use.The max conv limit in Ventura county Ca is 672,750 and the max loan limits for a high balance loan can go up to 95%.So what this means is theoretically you could refinance up to 672,750 loan amount with an appraisal as low as 708,158 dollars or higher before your loan is subject to jumbo/non conventional guidelines (much tougher to qualify for and has lower LTV's).The VA loan has some key features that other loans dont have:- a trade off of no monthly PMI but the upfront PMI is huge, equivalent to 2.15 - 3.30 Points (borderline hard money points).

My goal isn't to "retire" since I like to work (and honestly I don't have much in a 401k so I couldn't anyway). 

I've been here for a little while but have never made an introduction, and I'm still extremely new at all this anyway.