I would be looking for someone who has liquidity in case you need to pivot, similar time horizons, and discuss expectations about roles and responsibilities. 

What other methods provide an entry for low liquidity? 

You need that short-term income coming in to stay liquid and then you need those nice cash flowing assets to provide steady income.In my opinion, you need to set up that short-term income network up first because that's the money coming in that you'll use to build the long-term portfolio. 

If the market changes, it might be nice to have more liquidity to cover payments/expenses instead of having so much $ tied up in equity. - It doesn't have to be 10% or 25%. 

Before I think about liquidating some money I have some people in mind that I have a good feeling would help me with a loan if I presented the right numbers and did my due diligence on the right deal of course.

I would be surprised if it's a lot faster in other states, because there's a process that gives creditors and other claimants a chance to get their input into the process before assets are liquidated. 

For example what is it comfortable LTV to maintain over all of the properties and how much liquid cash should I have per property put away in case of vacancies repairs and unforeseen circumstances?

@Stephen Stokes so are your planning to liquidate your investments in Austin and move to a more resilient city?

That's $83K of equity in the house in only 1 year.That leaves me with $51K liquid to invest in another property if I so choose.I know it sounds like I answered my own question, but is it better to do the VA loan with no money down, or use the equity I've already built in my current home without a VA loan?

If a Buyer gives $100,000 for the down payment, he loses nothing: he simply transforms his equity from liquid it illiquid.