I just retired from the Air Force after 30 years in February.I currently own four properties and three are VA loans.

Curious to hear what kind of properties you end up gravitating toward—keep us posted on how the search goes!

What gravitated you toward the deal, what type of underwriting did you do.

You can't force them to work for less, just like you can't force a seller to pay 10% commission. 

Quote from @Mitch Davidson: Funny how I used to gravitate towards properties like this.

While we were a bit over budget and slightly over our projected timeline, we were still able to force appreciate the property by $100k.

The ones in my price range either go so fast you don't have time to react (cash deals, hard money investors )or they don't take FHA financing so I'm forced to either try to convince them or sit on the sidelines while it gets sold elsewhere.

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The demand is there and there is plenty of opportunity all across NWA and especially Bentonville.The growth there will continue with the development of the new home office and the revamping of the in-person work force, I think it could be a great idea.Happy to connect if you are looking for help!

It looks like it is due to the lawsuits and Jackson County is being forced to reset the assessed values to be no more than 15% of the value set in 2022 without inspection (could be misinterpreting this).