My service includes a 15 month deployment to Iraq.I got interested in real estate in 2007 while I was still in Iraq.

In your situation, find someone local who can be your boots on the ground while you are deployed.

A few months later I was deployed again with my reserve unit (I'll be coming home in late February) Well, with my free time I've been researching real estate investing and think it's something I could really get into.

They have more, a lot more, investment capital  than what the team of 200 to 300 experienced investors can logistically deploy.

This money was saved up over the years and from deployments to Iraq.

My personal preference is to keep cash deployed in other projects and not leave it sitting idly around to replace capex when needed.

He's going to be going to school at Kent University, which is about a 15 minute drive from the properties we are eyeing, and once I get back from my second deployment to Iraq (We are both in the Army - though he is getting out to get his degree and become an officer), I'll be attending to Akron to get my degree.

However, given the large number of people and organizations involved, what must multiple different systems for handling different pieces (no doubt much of it proprietary), the complexity of the process, and the timeline, I seriously doubt such software can be created and deployed.

I was deployed to Afghanistan and my tenants stuck me with a 2k water bill.

At the time I was still in the military and was deployed oversees and some tenants didn't want to pay rent.