However, a positive is that many of the Army and Air Force personnel want to live off base, so there is good demand for rentals.  

If you have the time, you may even want to sit in on some proceedings one or two days to see which landlord attorneys have a friendly relationship with the judge and/or court personnel.

Jefferson County is very short handed on personnel.

AKA Military City, the area has tons of veterans and active military personnel. 

Most contractors and licensed personnel are booked well in advance.

A compounding factor was I vacated the property at the end of the typical military move cycle and as such there wasn't a new batch of military personnel expected in for another 5-6 months.Brenda Layman & Steve Babiak, I can't imagine they are really making any money at all right now.

If you take a drive through the area close to the base, you'll find quite a few haircut shops and car dealerships (typical for young military families who live on base- as their housing expenses are low/covered by the Air Force, a lot tend to put their money into their cars).I don't know too much about real estate as it relates to being affected by military personnel close by, so perhaps somebody else can chime in.

Maybe for housing for medical personnel. 

If you manage your own properties how do you pay your maintenance personnel?

All of the associated loans and banking for the property are under our personnel names as of now.