Military Guy in Pullman Washington

[John Plumstead]

Long time listener, first time caller...Active duty Army. Grad Student. Father of 4 boys all under 5. Awesome wife. Woodworker. Griller. YouTuber. youtube.com/johnplumstead

I've used VA loans to buy 3 houses. Sold the first one. Broke even. Learned lots of lessons. Second home purchased in Lawton, Ok. Fixed it up over 18 months. Is no renting for about $500 over mortgage. Recently purchased a fixer-upper in Pullman, Wa. Currently fixing it up. Planning on keeping as a long-term rental.

Would love to network in the Pullman/Moscow area. Would love advice from any military guys/gals out there. I'm here to learn.

Thanks for reading. 

[Brett Snodgrass]

Hi @John Plumstead, 

Welcome to the BP community! Glad to have you on here!

[Kerry Baird]

Good to see another military member on the site.  We got started in a similar way, buying our first and last houses in the UK, and a passel of them in-between.  I look forward to reading about your successes now that you are here on BP.

[Richard Dyke]

Hi John, Brett and Kerry

I just wanted to say hi. I saw this thread as I'd set up an alert for the word "UK" as I've own some properties in London which I rent out (and manage myself from where I live in Bergen, Norway). I saw that Kerry had bought houses in the UK.

I had a quick look at Brett and Kerry's websites and John's YouTube channel and was very impressed with all of them. I'll certainly be having a more detailed look at them. I was particularly interested in the concept of a deferred sale on installment on Kerry's website. I was wondering whether this is very in the US as it is not very common in the UK? 

(The military connections also caught my eye as back in the early to mid 90's I was in the Australian Army Reserve).

With kind regards,

Richard

[Mark Nolan]

@John Plumstead

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