Thank you everyone for your responses!

Thanks in advance for your response.

Perhaps I'm just feeling a little over ambitious (which is customary since I don't often fail at things... lol Thanks in advance everyone, the support and responses here are invaluable.

PS landlord tenant court is a complete joke. if you have the keys to any vacant apartment in this city you can walk in and just sit down without ever seeing the owner and the owner will have to go through 6 months of court to get you out because the city doesnt want more homeless people so they dump the responsibility on building owners!

The VA never registered the house, or paid the fee, so I have to wait for them to do that. 2) I wasn't aware that because it is bank owned, I was responsible for getting the conditional certificate of occupancy and fire inspection.

everywhere I look online it says 20% down for investment homes but we are being told by all lenders it's 25%.It's a duplex in Washington state. 

I've met with one, but I'm looking to find one that is a bit more responsive to communication than who I'm currently using.

Seller is responsible for the taxes (if that's what your contract states) and the title/settlement company will see that through. 

thank you for your response and for helping a new real estate investor.

I work as a property claims adjuster currently, so its been a busy last couple days and more to come with Hurricane Harvey...sorry for the slow responses.