Financing for first house hack while in the military

[Cameron Hodge]

Hello all! I am an aspiring investor currently in the military and stationed in southern California. I have an upcoming deployment and am pushing back my plans currently, but I am looking for help on what my best options are for financing upon my return next year. For my wife and I, I want to purchase at least a duplex but a triplex would be all the better, I am looking for insight into whether I should apply for a VA loan, standard finance options or possibly for private financing in regards to turning around shortly for another property and the general market of SO CAL.