Monterey CA 18 month Strategy

[Bryan Weiss]

I’ll be getting stationed in Monterey, CA for 18 months. My housing allowance is just over $3800, but if I live in government housing they take it all (includes utilities). However, I’m curious if there are some creative investing strategies to leverage while we are here to maximize this opportunity. House hacking would be difficult since we have a newborn, unless we can find something with MIL apartment or some serious separations between rooms.

I'm I crazy for even thinking about buying? Still have the VA loan I can leverage and extremely low debt to income ratio.

Looking forward to your comments!