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Anthony,You would be surprised by using some old school methods like simply writing a letter like you mentioned. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

And given that, in a major city, there are hundreds of houses put on the market weekly, you need a method to efficiently screen properties to make sure they won't bleed money before you spend time analyzing, touring them ect. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Being a military member house hacking is the easiest way but I’m also open to learning new methods and if at all possible learning from others’ mistakes. 

Lot had the dry stream water flow going thru the middle.  

Options ive looked at are the Burrrr method, house hacking with fha living in the property for a year doing small upgrades and forcing appreciation refinance then rent and repeat that every year until we reach our goal.