Buying first home, active duty with va loan and housing allowance

[Tyler Burgan]

I am active duty and moving to AZ, My wife and I have 2 kids and are looking to buy our first home when we get there. I figure buying would make more sense because my housing allowance over the next 4 years would pay off about $54k off the home. I can either sell and make that money that back if housing market stayed the same or more if it goes up. If it goes down i can hold it and rent it for cash flow. If i sell i would like to use that chunk of cash to get started on owning rentals. I was hoping some smarter people would be able to give me some advice of what they would do under similar circumstances. Thank you