Turn key or hard/private money lending

[Jarrett Lukas]

Hello bigger pockets community, I am just starting out in real estate and have a question on best path to pursue for my situation. I am in the military and stationed overseas for at least another year and two months. I have been reading books and learning as much as I can through the BiggerPockets website. I want to start out and get my feet wet in some way with real estate investing due to my geographical restraints I thought turn key investing or going more towards the hard money/private lending route as a financial partner. On anyone expertise in these areas what are the pros and cons of these that you see with my situation and what path do you see as a better start? Thanks for any help. Jarrett