There will be closing costs and a funding fee that you can wrap into the VA loan if you wish.

For me, I look for an ROI of at least 10-15% annually on my tied up funds before even considering a deal. 

Unless I can get private business insurance that excludes the extra $250/year mandated by FEMA/NFIP, then I'll probably just pool funds from all the rentals into one for disaster relief savings.  

If the down payment is not your own personal funds, the contributor must document that repayment is not expected.

His philosophy is if wages are stagnant, then there won't be any raised rents and therefore, there won't be any merchant builders adding new product to the area.

I'd tell them to invest it for themselves in an index fund if there wasn't any appealing buy and hold properties you had your eye on.I would not force buying a property just because the money is available.

Overall, there are several ways to get involved, money is abundant so if you try your hardest and it's a deal, it will be funded.

Using a middle man landlord will just raise money laundering concerning.  3) I do not think a bank is going to be interested in anything near 85% LTV.Now if you were talking about a tech start up like Tesla? 

If you do not have the funds to close the deal and the buyer backs out then you will either have to come up with the funds, terminate or talk the seller into extending the contract to find another buyer.

The double success is that I raised the GAP financing for him as well in order for my client to be to afford the deal.