Depending on the specific Cap-Ex on the Triplex, we might be able to remove that when calculating your income and either improve the loss or actually show some income.

Lenders will use 75-80% of the AIrdna Rents, or 12 months of actual short term rents. 

.- ACTUALLY does good work.

The taxing authority will actually assist you with that process (ie provide you the forms, etc).

You can end this by showing them an actual utility bill.

Commercial is your best bet (rates are actually closer to 7-8%) or you can have a loan against your other assets such as brokerage, retire accounts, or a group LOC for your other properties.

If you are not bringing them business, some don't let you just take the money from your own sale, they wouldn't stay in business long if they allowed that. 

Used my deployment money to purchase a property in Sacramento using VA loan. 

That's how agents make money, by bringing buyers and sellers together, and they should be compensated to that work.

You're asking them to agree to wait for their money for several years, assume the risk of you stopping the future payments, and they have to pay some taxes on top of it!