I plan to use my VA home loan and am thinking it would be a smart idea to team up with another veteran to afford a larger (3-4 family) building instead of just getting a 1-2 family building (depending on the prices that I run across). 

I've also negotiated deals with large manufacturers like Lamborghini, Rolls Royce and Kawasaki.So that is one angle, but what about just traditional rental setup where I try to find long term tenants who can afford to pay $4600+/mo to live in a large 6 bedroom house?

I have a day job as a strategy consultant and live in NYC, so I'm looking at markets that are more affordable than Manhattan. 

These properties have strengths of being very low mortgage cost, room to grow rents over time (they are almost 2% rule), and in a affordable rental class that seems to have a major shortage in today’s world.

Existing tenants are more likely to resent you and cause problems, or they'll be unable to afford the increase (despite their best intentions) and get behind on rent.2.

Right now, a mortgage note will probably take up a big chunk of my monthly income so I do not think I could afford doing both.  

I haven't found much of value after a move out or an eviction (well, my son and I once found a packet of what we assumed were drugs and I suppose the tenant would have found that of value but we presented the stuff to our local police instead) but I am a big one on recycling intact furniture to our local Habitat and Catholic Social Services organizations to avoid good stuff ending up in the landfill and donating canned goods to our local soup kitchen. 

Learned a lot about affordable housing and tax credits Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

We also had some friends moving out of the country, and we purchased their furniture for a low price, and the home is now a partially furnished rental.

We also had some friends moving out of the country, and we purchased their furniture for a low price, and the home is now a partially furnished rental.