Our long-term plan is to eventually move out, rent both units, and buy a house of our own.

You will eventually move away and need someone to manage the property for you.

After several phone calls and eventually an in person meeting with Michael Ray from renters warehouse everything seemed pretty good.

Eventually, you will need to leap into your 1st investment.

I have experience in real estate wholesaling but would like to expand to doing flips, rentals etc. eventually to get into this full time. if no experience is an issue then how else are you supposed to get experience?

But there are many communities nearby which will allow you and your boys to make memories, and eventually you can retire here.

Still, not knowing where you are going is tough.For military folks, eventually they usually decide on a hub where they want to plant roots (usually when kids are closer to school age) and then the hub stays and the party in the military comes back to the hub.You have the VA benefits and they are great.

I'd like to invest back home in Ohio eventually (I lived in both Columbus and Dayton for about 5 years each), but I'm much more comfortable starting with something I can see regularly. 

If you rent it for a few years you will eventually lose that benefit.

If I haven't responded to you, I'll get to ya eventually.