Also, if I transfer my Colorado rental's VA loan to, for instance, a non-VA 7/1 ARM, would that open my entitlements back up and give me the ability to use my VA Loan in the future?

Licensees usually say yes and the non-licensees say no. 

I have tried at least 100 phone numbers for various owners and 99% of them are non working numbers.

   :)Good luck from a fellow newb and non-expert!

I'm not being given credit for any of that income as it is deemed non-repeatable or one time income. 

I just reached out to see if this applies to non owner occupied investment properties.

Non performing and Performing?

We'll I thought 6 months ago I'd have my motorcycle running in one month after a good carburetor(x4) cleaning and it wasn't til last month I got it running.

The property inside out is in clean and neat condition with nothing needs for repair.

You can contact your county Delinquent Tax office to find this out.If you want to approach owner you should do a title search and make sure there aren't other liens or mortgages against the property.If the property has a clean title minus the back taxes then you could offer the owner a few hundred for her time to sign the property over to you.