It depends on your “ideal tenant” and strategy once you PCS.Would you be looking to rent to single officers going through training, military families with children, medical corps personnel TDY to Ft Sam Houston for several months, maybe even an AirBnB near Lackland, etc.?

In today's market, many office landlords would much rather walk away from their properties and take a loss than fight to attract tenants and avoid foreclosure.

For the Real Estate Professional the doctor usually works with their spouse and some doctors have flexible work arrangements with their office or clinic or own the office or clinics and have administrative staff.

I'm not an attorney, but have faced similar issues to what you are discussing.Seems like anything that includes you personally, not as a manager, officer, etc, opens you up for liability. 

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The carpet in the 2nd bedroom is kind of damaged by the current tenants rolling office chair back and forth.

Depreciation, mileage, home office, meals, 401k (assuming earned income a real estate biz) are all things to consider when wanting income higher so you can have more access to capital.Most decent lenders will give you credit for depreciation, however.

Occupied by Past Owner in one unit, the other unit is empty.I have hired a property Management company to complete eviction - Upon receiving Eviction notice, Past Owner / Tenant went to the Property Management office and insisted that she still owns the property, refused to sign a lease, and stated that she won’t pay rent for her own property.Property Management company stated that this will not be resolved without going in front of a judge and told me that it can be filed at the end of the month.How long with this process take?

The devastation wore off because I knew I wasn't leaving that office without changing her mind.

My salon suite is a very small room, but I have considered trying to find an office space that has more space for less money to host events and such as well.I'll keep this gift certificate idea in mind as well!