Everyone has their own risk tolerance. 

If you're buying a house, just go buy it and ask the seller to take 3% off the price, or allow them to keep the extra 3% to sweeten the deal...If you're selling your flip or whatever, there are plenty of vehicles that allow you to safely do so and offer varying degrees of assistance depending on your experience and tolerance levels.

I want to re-establish my VA entitlement (allows me to put ZERO money down on a property).2.

Jenn,The "X" is eligible for FEMA's preferred risk policy so the pricing should be reasonable. 

Is there enough in the deal to cause you to tolerate an eviction?

The vast majority looking at multi-family have zero purchase potential in such.

I'm going to end up breaking even on this house (i.e. zero expense or profit), and still I don't regret it because I get to use it as education on pitfalls I didn't know to watch for.Take the plunge.

The vast majority of companies we take over management for clearly have zero screening. 

I wouldn't do random searches on zillow, trulia, or redfin as 95% of agents have zero experience with investing and won't be able to help you.The agent can recommend others they have worked with and why they work with them.  

I am a Navy Veteran and have used the VA/zero down/ on multifamily a couple of times here in the Bay Area.