The only reason they shed tears and beg to stay is because you are probably renting to them well below market and it is in their best interest to stay put as long as they can.Did you sign a lease?

The Person is wanting to sell me their home for the amount of Equity they have built in it right now. approx. 20KThe Seller has agreed to Let me Lease to own and sublet the home and continue to run it as I see fit. ( i am going to keep it as a AirBnb)Is there a way transfer me onto the deed and then refinance the house out of the VA Loan and into my name?

BP has some great resources and in fact we have found it to offer far more in terms of tools and contacts than a course we paid WAY TOO MUCH for when we started out. 

Get connected locally, that is the fastest way to get immersed in a market.

Paid $800 for a structural engineer to write up a 10 page piece of fluff telling us all the ways we could spend money to fix the sinking but settled foundation.

That will go a long way to answering some questions.Check out - https://www.awning.com/airbnb-estimatorThat tool is similar to AirDNA for basic lookback on the area as far as occupancy and revenue goes.

If you feel you can bill separately for water if metered you should have no issue simply adding a flat water fee and I’d imagine the $17,800  could go a long way in a 2 unit building for upgrades that would have a greater impact on revenue. 

For using the equity in your own home, you would need to do a HELOC, in TX its pretty hard, I am not sure about your location but it would be best to speak with a lender who does them.

Personally, I just communicate with my tenants that we keep the HVAC (in florida so rarely need the furnace) above 68 degrees at all times, and that it is best to keep the HVAC above 74 degrees during the hotter afternoons where the ambient temp is in the 90s.

The court decided that the $21k education expense was not deductible as business expenses but would be considered, at best, the start-up cost.