It needs to be convenient and minimal distractions.Hiring or making a Team full of local and experienced professionals that are willing to help you.  

I am living in my second VA currently.)You would have to move into the second property since for VA you have to be purchasing a home to live in but there is nothing from my process that indicates you have to commit to staying there for a specific time forever.So depending on how much you can get approved for after your 1st, buy the biggest MF you can on the 2nd.

You haven't indicated what any of your goals are, so my advice is to do nothing until that is identified.

We do have a real estate agent assisting us in finding renters and with the showings, however, I'm not really sure we should have a first "bad start"Should we minimize the risk of the "buts" by requesting a higher upfront deposit (e.g.: 3 rents in advance)?

We do have a real estate agent assisting us in finding renters and with the showings, however, I'm not really sure we should have a first "bad start"Should we minimize the risk of the "buts" by requesting a higher upfront deposit (e.g.: 3 rents in advance)?

Reviews on Amazon seem to indicate this book is more fluff than content.

In addition, we want to minimize the amount of TLC-work we need to do because we want to focus our energies elsewhere.  

I also put them on Craiglist and post them on Socialserve.com which indicates I accept people with disabilities, Sec 8 etc. the problem is not getting prospective tenants.

It needs to be convenient and have minimal distractions.  

Ned Carey based on the information available at the time of the post, I don't see anything to indicate there's anything unethical going on in the slightest.And this practical seems practical and ethical, I'm not sure which part of the practice could be considered unethical; with the exception of saying one thing and then doing another.