Most 401ks give you 30 or 60 days to pay back a 401k loan or they count it as a withdraw and that is a taxable event. 

Instead of paying into someone else’s property, you could be using that allowance to finance your own real estate investment.In Germany, you have access to a stable market with long-term growth potential, and U.S. service members and government civilians have unique advantages here.

Hope is a bad strategy.The only on market strategy that I think can work is paying cash/line of credit/hard money for a property that does not qualify for conventional financing.

I don’t have a problem paying a couple grand to remove some of the just figure it out stage of learning and utilizing expertise of people that already do it. 

I don't know how much you will be paying a property manager but add that in.

He tells you to pay him $5,000 (or much more) to learn all the "secrets" that made him wealth, but then he doesn't tell you that his "secret" was to increase earnings, reduce expenses, save up and invest.

Well that is when the lower tenant feels like paying her 20% portion of the rent of $240 per month lol!

On the other hand, I’m hesitant to simply pay down more of a property, as we don’t need the immediate cash flow.Fortunately, both my wife’s job and mine are recession-proof, which allows us to be a bit more aggressive with our investments.I’d really appreciate advice from investors who have experience with frequent moves or military service.

For a 30 year Conventional loan, I'm at 6.5% rate (6.808% APR) for a duplex, 95% LTV, 780+ FICO, owner occupant.And I'm assuming they're paying $2k of your closing costs - not your down payment.

I understand I'd take a pay cut being an agent for the first few years, but in exchange, I'd be learning about the market and building a network as I move towards Commercial multifamily.