You got an allotment on your VA loan to use how you choose so you want to work with an experienced VA lender.

It has been a couple days and have not seen an answer.If you own a rental property and you have a signed lease at the minimum of 1+ year, does that rental property mortgage (traditional investment loan) still count against your DTI?

In addition even with a lower down payment you should be paying significantly less per month even with PMI then you would if you moved into a single family house that you where fronting the entire bill for.

Since this tenant will have rights as a long term tenant if they do not vacate the unit for you to use you cannot trespass them and have the police oust them like you might a short term renter who doesn't have those rights. 2.

Best of luck to you.

If yes, was this before or after you were accepted into the SEC 8 program?

Thank you for your time. not having hte capital and no other assets to secure the property for a fix and flip is going to extremely challenging.

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a real estate attorney (specializing in business formation and/or asset protection) and CPA in the Bay Area?

You must be a lawyer and the most you can charge then is 25%, not to be more than $1,000.

This will not get you where you want to be i.e. with a buyer.