They may do fine, but with just a little poor luck (market falls, high cap ex, a fire (two of our units caught fire today and are not inhabitable (from a reflection!!!

These comp houses are inhabited and all one could do would be to assess the outside of the properties.

Regardless of what your recruiter told you, the private sector is not going to be throwing job offers at you just because your DD-214 says "honorable discharge," excluding minimum wage jobs that you probably don't want to do anyways.My suggestion would be to go ahead and get that steady civilian sector income established first, or that small business that you mentioned, either way.

I decided to make an account and learn more to achieve my future goals after I move and get settled in civilian life.

Hi everyone,I'm looking at purchasing a property that has been inhabited by two heavy indoor smokers, they've been smoking indoors for 25+yrs in the property and it reeks heavily of cigarette smoke(even as a former smoker it's too much). 

I  am a new landlord working for the military (civilian) and seldom at the property so I do have a property manager who seems pretty good. 

The catch is that the properties must be inhabitable because otherwise the insurance will not pay out. 

He reached out to me today saying that farmers went to the property and did an inspection, and says it’s “inhabitable” and they do not want to cover it.

I know there are a few ways to deal with this without testing and abatement, but I’m new to this and want to make sure I’m doing things the right way - and the healthiest way for my family and I (we will likely be living there for at least part of the remodel) and any future inhabitants.  

I have a somewhat unique situation where for all of 2019 I earned my W-2 income overseas(in Bahrain) is working as a civilian defense contractor supporting the US Navy.