Johnathon contrary to popular belief HML these days post GFC is just about as stringent as bank financing.you NEED money you NEED credit and you NEED experience.best way to start is to partner with someone who has the above and build your own experience bucket.you will not get a loan with the situation you described.

If, B: The seals are bad, replace them because this will then be a selling point, but go for the less expensive option because you have the nicer house on the street... putting more money into making it even more nicerer will be a waste... if that makes sense.Another option would be to say that you're giving the buyer an 8k credit towards windows of their choice (or they can pocket the money if they don't want to change them). 

You can borrow from bank (signature or Home Equity) private money, hard money or even put on a credit card.Then you wouldn't have to worry about the pool liability or tenants.Maybe your In-laws would front the money?

Credit cards, student loans, plain ole vanilla mortgages, etc. because they have somehow managed to mess all of these up at one time or another.

I have raised money, had done creative financing through credit cards at 0% interest rate, relationships with Hardmoney lenders, and have just started my pursuit with corporate credit andBig lines of credit.

If you keep it as a rental would a local credit union or something do a HELOC on it?

If I decided to use the VA Loan for this purchase I would put 10% down on approximately a $180,000 house to secure the lowest VA Loan funding fee.Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate any input

They have secured loans from some veteran credit union to pay the last 5 months rents.

@Aaron Vargas Not to beat a dead horse, but pretty much every large lender throughout the country will do down to 3.5% on an FHA owner occupied loan on a 1-4 unit as long as your credit score is above 580.

I’d try to some local smaller credit unions and savings banks.