A VA loan may be a workable option in that case, but then there is still the question of getting something that is cash-flowing.As an alternative investment that doesn't take leveraging but still delivers double digit returns on a real estate investment and still has the tax deductible benefits you might consider something I recently added to my REI portfolio.  

You don't even need to connect W/D, but if you remove the option the value and desirability instantly goes down.Regarding actually hooking up the W/D, I would do it in my area (B- C+ area I would say) ten times out of ten just to make it easier to get a renter and extra rent income.

@Lelith Walker thank you for the replay I have stumbled across a few seller finance multifamiles that already have tenants so that's instant cash flow.

Certainly you cannot expect to drop into a new industry and know it from day one {Something, I wish they would drive home in MBA programs}, but the underlaying financials of a successful real estate business mirror those of any other successful business - the product or service being delivered is different.When we (my partner and I) ventured into real estate, I was aghast by how many buy-n-hold real estate investors did not run their properties like a business (now it is just amusing).  

So I took the plunge in 2014 and bought my first duplex in Castleton, Indiana, and cash was instantly flowing!

Awesome James I appreciate you for delivering this solid strategy, this one will go down in the books!

Plus you'll buy something under market value and have instant equity.

We have sold a few of them as-is and the new owner will have some instant equity after they are rehabbed. 

On another note, searching through this forum (such as the bars above labeled "Tools" & "Education") will get you far more of the information that you need rather than posting a discussion asking the community to deliver all that this forum has to offer.I feel your goal is very attainable as long as the fast result is followed by faster action.

SO Step 1: Put a property under contract, deliver deposit to title company to secure the property and officially be under contract.