The townhouse is in an ok area, they look fantastic, great curb appeal, close to Military bases in Colorado Springs which are bringing in another 25,000 soldiers in the next 2 years.

The process of sending the money soldiers out and have them return is the fastest, strongest way to build rapport.The 1st few deals i did borrowing from private person was givng them extra collateral by cross collateralizing existing property and presenting a deal that had alot of equity.  

The last time a troop reduction was even mentioned, lawmakers on both sides of the border put the kibosh on it reeeal quick.Regardless of what the state/national economy does, service members on military bases get paid the 1st and the 15th, guaranteed.The DoD long ago implemented measures to reduce the impact on local economies during troop deployments, meaning gone are the days of a "mass exodus" of soldiers during deployments.

Get fellow soldiers to move in with you and use their BAH.  

., and Wallace and Wallace are some of the more popular mgmt companies around so I'd start there until you've got some foot soldiers.

When I lived in ft.Hood located in Killeen, Tx , there was a year long waiting list to get on base housing and most apartment complexes had a three month waiting period because there were so many soldiers that needed housing.

There is Russian saying (in my free translation) "Friendship is friendship, but keep your money separately", something like that - you get the meaning.A retired soldier I knew gave me another version, "Trust them with your life, never money or your wife."

When the soldiers are deployed (they're coming back now) the demand is way down when they're home it's way up.

Twatson that is a great idea - BuyandTry could conceivably work with numerous REI in a bunch of different states, if he knows other soldiers who live and have real estate problems in various states.

The agents/investors around here are slick, and pretend to be everything from wounded soldiers back from iraq, to homeless single mothers.