Military Advice: ETS

[Eric Schenck]

I am grateful for BP and those that offer their advice in the forums.  I'd be in a completely different situation without it.

I am 18 months from the termination of my military service contract (ETS).  I'm in my reenlistment window and am on the radar for nominative assignments.  However, toll on health and time the Army demands is making that retirement paycheck seem less and less appealing.  

I really want to start my own business.  I've always been interested in real estate and want to build a business in that field.  My current job is extremely time consuming which is forcing me to focus my efforts.  I've been hitting up the library for Real Estate Investing books and listening to the BP podcasts in effort to learn the biz and choose my niche. 

I'm wondering what advice those that have gone before me might have to offer.  I'm very interested in your ETS AAR.  What did you do right?  What do you wish you would have done differently?