Last year, my company originated or closed loans in 16 states including North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Ohio and others I can't remember. 

I have heard about a 1 year occupancy requirement, but have never seen anything official saying that it is required.2) What would be the ideal price range to leverage the VA loan?

Remember, we all started out with no experience, money, or idea of what we are doing.

The ideal candidate would 1) be a continual source of deals, 2) able to connect me with investor specific contractors, inspectors, property managers, landlord insurance companies, etc in the local area and 3) make these referrals based on personal use of these individuals services.I already own some investment property, however that property was purchased using the traditional approach.

I remember as a young kid putting stickers and stuff on the back of my bedroom door....

Didn't remember any chapters in particular that went into detail of what to do between the offer being accepted and the closing day.

Hello Everyone,I am a new investor who lives in southern California, which we all know is not an ideal market to purchase rentals for cash flow. 

Ideally doing the REO thing again as well.

Remember their goal is to sell, they typically don't care what happens after sale.

Correct (remember like kind simply means any type of investment real estate)2.