Should I keep looking at deals if I come across a smoking deal do I present it to a investor or a loan officer and see if i can get pre approved, what do you guys think? 

I feel on this building, the price we got it at and the ARV warrants the ability to finish some of the space pre-leasing.If others chime in I might rethink it but for now we will market the first floor as is and finish the second and third.

As you getting further into your investor career having a pre-existing relationship with a banker will help!

I want to start giving out offers to property sellers so I can get the ball rolling on my first deal.

As many here have said, you are best served to hit the ground running now with your VA loan and house hack a 2-4 unit to get the ball rolling.

You’ll likely want to connect with a mortgage lender to determine what you’re pre-approved for first.

Median Price: $525,000 +7.14% Yoy - 7ish % isn't unusual, I have multiple ~7% moves since 2016.Sales: 5,344, -10.06% - normal number for September, 2020 was unusually high due to delayed purchases from Covid thus the yoy lossYTD sales: 41,238, +8.36% - highest Sept read I have, houses are selling.Inventory: 5,875, +6.16% - still too low compared to pre-Covid, see stacked chart.New Listings: 6,366, -10.61% - still too low compared to pre-Covid, see stacked chart.YTD New listings: 51,949, -2.47% - prior to Covid we were running 60k+ houses.Months Supply: 1.2, -14.29% - persistently low indicating an unrelenting sellers market, see the Existing homes as a % of households chart, continues to shrink.Cumulative days on Market: 26, -44% - persistently low indicating an unrelenting sellers market

Not interested in rolling over to SD-IRA so is it better to pull the funds out now (avoiding increasing taxes in the future) or purchase SFH ($150k or less with cash flow) with hard money and then cash out refi ?

I want you to read this post from the perspective of a flipper and then as a street capital provider while keeping in mind, what has been, the symbiotic relationship that both these rolls have had over the years."

Loan details with pre-qualify from lenders: down 3% ($8250) with 3.2% interest rate.