The main areas of concern should be the tenant class, which is difficult to deal with and the city permit office also less than stellar to deal with.

I'm starting my due diligence, I'm going to the assessor's office on Monday to see what the plans say and ask about turning it into a Fourplex if possible and what I need.

Locate your community banks and make friends with the loan officer.2)Yes.

A few buy and holds, apartment syndication, or getting into commercial properties (office, industrial, retail, medical, etc.)? 

- What you need is a loan officer that's familiar with the VA Renovation loan.

I would suggest having an open conversation with your loan officer/lender.

But then because of the crash,  the sheriff's office  was running way behind.  7 weeks instead of normal 2.   

I had the post office require her signature on delivery and sent it to the address she emailed me telling me that’s where I should send it to.  

I have two realtors in my family so I can get information really quickly on properties, I worked on my family’s rentals for about 5 or so years, I’m pretty good with Microsoft office, I found a five unit apartment in a desirable area originally to wholesale but I want to acquire it after analyzing it a little more, and I’m just a hungry young man willing to work I used to play football on the college level so I’m looking to bring my work ethic developed over the years to real estate investing.

You might have an easier time convincing a private lender or loan officer to give you some money with some experience in the SFR market.