We live in a military area and hope to benefit from the high turn-over renters.

Same for military bases but is a bit more thorough to complete.

I am a full time military officer and will be for the next 10 years.

., a lot of the ones with numerous years of past due taxes are elderly people whose taxes are frozen (disabled, over 65, military, etc). 

I am sure I could get a service dog from my past military service and I don't think it is an easy thing to do for those who need one so I would be hesitant to question it too aggressively to not "offend" anyone. 

Or - join the military and get a VA loan 0 down and get your closing costs covered in the Purchase agreement (owner occupy loan).

There is a military investing section on this forum that will give you a wealth of information on how you can take advantage of your current VA loan or more VA loans if you haven't maximized the entitlement yet.As a delivery driver, are you able to listen to podcasts?

@Jay Hinrichs  I have a few rentals already leveraged at a modest ~60% LTV, and my W2 is with the military and due to living frugaly I am able to save ~3k/month from the military income alone and have more than enough cash reserves so I am not worried in the least about being overstretched and unable to pay the loan.Even if you are able to buy a property at a discount, a 25% downpayment is still relatively expensive so the ability to avoid that problem would be nice. 

I’m also Active duty military so I don’t really have a lot time to ride around and search for off market properties.

And, there are several military bases there...are you targeting that market?