Hello BP, My name is Tyler Moore, and I am a new investor in the Army National Guard who is currently on deployment.

Hi Ryan,I have clients nationally and I am an investor myself.

I'm in the National Guard in SC, so not full time, but my brother is active duty regular Army and will be looking to get into REI at some point too.

I have foreign national loan programs.

There is a group specifically for women in real estate as well.They do offer discounts though out the year on the sign up fee (or at least they did when I signed up), so you may inquire or keep your eyes open for those. 

I think we have a national speaker coming in to talk about raising private money, but don't quote me on that. 

My dream is to create a real estate company serving the housing needs of middle income population, but like everything in life, it is best to start with baby steps.I like the NYC metropolitan area because of its diversity, potential for growth and the fact that it behaves somewhat independently of the national economic trends.  

Its not about a national company or a small company.  

surprisingly keybank (a national bank) has a good commercial lending program.

I assume 3% per year when I run my spreadsheets, as that is the national historical average.