If you can qualify for it, get a HELOC or HELOAN on those properties.Or find a creative private/hard money lender that can tap into that equity in 2nd lien position or to cross-collateralize them with the purchase of the new property and use that equity towards your cash to close so you can buy that next deal without much cash out of pocket. 

If they won't provide you that, just assume very high on everything and lower your buying price.

I figure we save 5 to 10k per year if I had to buy a room or rent an airbnb..

Use an American Arbitration Association arbitration clause in any contract you use.  

A while back I had one in my personal home that did that.An American Standard brand.

This should be a serious wakeup call for those looking to buy a STR in Las Vegas.

You can roll it to a self-directed IRA (SDIRA) and buy real estate or privately lend, but you couldn't do that with your personal rental otherwise you would blow your IRA up. 6.5% right now is a great rate...it's lower than what you can get a 30-year fixed owner-occupied home for.

There are some VERY specialized strategies that can get around the problem, but they require buying out the former owner or one of the heirs. 

When I first went through the course I established my buy box based and followed his underwriting techniques.

I am trying to figure out if there is a way to buy an investment property with my VA and use my LLC for the purchase or a way to transfer it over to the LLC afterwards.