Since banks use debt-to-income to qualify/approve you for a loan, how do you get around the "debt" part, since income isn't yet established?  

The new 20% pass-through deduction can be a huge tax saving for those who qualify. 

If you qualify for an owner occupied purchase, no one check on yiu if you moved in.

If they do this, the seller is Already contractually committed, he doesn’t get to pick and choose, and the terms/closing timelines are already set.But on the other hand, since the other buyer Had the contingency of selling their current home, they likely can’t qualify for the loan on this house yet.

When we first formed our company, the agreement was, I would find and qualify the prospects and he would close the deals.

However, I would recommend going with an accountant.There are many qualified accountant's/CPA's on this forum who may be well suited for you.

Qualify a Market: Job growth – at least 2 yrs. going upStable Job Market Net positive MigrationJob diversity – a lot of employers in different industrieshttps://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ http://www.city-data.com/https://www.wikipedia.org/ https://datausa.io/ - DataUSA put together by Deloitte, Datawheel, and Cesar Hidalgo, Professor at the MIT Media Lab – like BestPlaces.net but better.

An experienced agent can tell you if the house will qualify for a VA loan. 

I’ve also used Facebook and Kijiji but seem to get the most qualified tenants from RentFaster.

In general, you qualify for the mortgage first.A good buyers' agent (preferrably that owns investment property themselves) can answer your other questions.