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.

An Umbrella policy provides additional coverage if the limit on your Homeowners or Auto policy is exhausted due to a covered claim. 

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

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.

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

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. 

pretty interesting, but you goes thru the whole buying process and talks about financing and woring with agents.

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.