From there, I house hacked a bedroom with a tenant (didn't know it was called that back then) and eventually departed the residence after 2 years or so and rented the entire home out to an active duty Navy couple. 

Navy Federal refi is preferred due to long standing relationship and low rates.

My name is Robert French and I'm currently in the process of transitioning out of the US Navy.

My current home was financed with a Navy Federal Credit Union Military Choice Loan. 

I have done a little private lending, but the will be tapped out for a couple of years.I'm considering co-wholesaling as a quicker way to get deals start to finish until I am able to take early retirement from Army civil service job after 34-year Navy career.My motto: Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.

I am hoping to make that first move into real estate and with this climate (raising rates, prices, competition, etc) I have some hesitancy.Currently living in Bremerton/Silverdale (Kitsap Peninsula) with multiple navy bases, hospital, college and short ferry to downtown Seattle. 

He going to do a skill bridge program through the Navy and we are currently crunching numbers to figure out where we will have the most success in investment and as real estate agents.

Currently, I’m an active-duty lieutenant in the Navy but it didn’t start this way and it’s been a pretty long road.

We have 2 Navy bases & a Coast Guard base close to us.

If you have military in your immediate family, you can probably look into some of the low-down payment loans that Navy Federal Credit Union offers.