You should talk to an attorney before you use that policy.Which Federal law specifically?

We had to provide the building inspector with the (Contego) intumescent paint specifications along with our plan for meeting the spec to achieve the 1-hour fire rating (3 layers as I recall). 

I am nervous about dropping money at an auction and later finding out I am SOL.Also, after all the research I have done, it all says tax deeds are very state/county specific.

@Sean McDonnell, one thing to consider is their revenue numbers count all revenue (nightly rate, fees, taxes) so you should deduct those from the AirDNA revenue projections.This is easier to do on a property-specific level since you can roughly estimate the cleaning cost for a specific property.

No, how exactly do I get informed about real estate meet ups in my area specifically?

Check their website lucky dog land deals.

Thanks, Alex I would look to track record and solid digital Prescence, good website, solid record of online reviews, etc.One thing to note is that it is going to be tough "breaking in" with the top mortgage brokers, because by definition of being top brokers, they probably have a good track record, experience and relationships with a lot of lenders - so its typically high risk low reward adding a new lender or one without a long track record to the list. 

If this is a first go for you, that's appealing and has a value that may not be reflected in the numbers.Running numbers here in Colorado for our STR investors, I'm seeing maybe $500 in cash flow and up to $1,000 on a really good property, but those are larger vacation rental homes, 4-5br, $800k-$1.2M, so for a 1br property, your cash flow doesn't look bad.But again, maybe more important than the specific numbers, I think it's good to think about the opportunity cost of not doing this deal.

If you are getting some form of commercial or portfolio loan, then it will really be lender specific.

Specifically, I'm wondering if it's possible to use a VA loan to finance a duplex or other multifamily property for house hacking.