Thanks in advance for any input.Your offer: Tell her that you will take over the payments so she no longer has to make those payments, you tell her that the loan will remain in her name until you get the place fixed up and refinanced or sold.

When we purchased the home (in Texas) we had no intention of moving or renting it and as such we simply did not know about things like; refinancing with a VA Streamline removes the occupancy requirement. 

We are planning on covering the first property upfront costs out of pocket and aim for a conventional mortgage and then look to refinancing options to cover our 2nd and 3rd (maybe even 4th, if lucky) properties.

They've basically just refinanced and encumbered their US home.

@Xela BatchelderIt is smart that you are planning your exit refinancing now.

I'm currently sitting at a 3.75 % FHA loan and refinancing into a 30 year conventional loan.The options I've been given are a cash out refi at about 4% for about $5-6k or a regular refi for about 3.5%.Any advice on which I should get?

You’re living on 20 acres now so you probably enjoy it, but you might also be able to get a little creative if you don’t want to have the burden of refinancing or keeping all 20 acres.

I look at return on the capital I need to invest into the project compared to the ARV of the property once it is stabilized and refinanced. 

I’m curious on how everyone is refinancing their properties.

I have a small property, worth about 40k that I am in the processing of BRRRR'ing (currently on the refinancing part) and I found what seems to be a good deal.