Personally I find profits in the arbitrage model to be too thin (along with other risk factors that deter me from it), so I think you might have trouble finding a partner on something like that. 

Entity structure depends on many factors, one of which is the size of your business, and your needs will change as your business grows.

OsborneIt’s hard to say, not knowing what a “large amount of credit card debt” means compared to your income.But when you’re talking about using your VA loan, or other loans to acquire investment property, one thing you need to consider is your Debt-to-Income ratio.DTI is one of the factors that lenders will use to qualify you for a loan.

I think based upon your suggestions and the results, it seems like price is the factor.

Factoring in that I had to replace a dryer $900+ this year and I'm sure I've got some other machines that will have to go soon I'm thinking a 50/50 split is a decent deal.

There are just too many other variables that I feel are a factor that I cant pull when running current-day comps.

When I see that, I usually take it as good but still consider other factors more heavily like length of employment, length/quality of Landlord reference, etc.

I think the sites and their estimates are pretty impressive considering they contain virtually every home in America, often with interior pics, but they are what they are: free tools that used automated formulas to predict something that can often be a bit unpredictable and can't fully account for the human emotional factor (for example I bet something like the Brady Bunch house zestimated far less than than its actual value)

I understand location and bed count are the two most important factors and I should find similar properties when estimating, but do you have a specific strategy when making a purchase?

For the sake of these calculations, and simplicity, I did not factor in changes in insurance, taxes, maintenance, etc.