I have an idea.  Please give me your thoughts and suggestions.  There is a very cute town near my hometown that is in need of some desperate revitalization.  It has very good bones and could be Any Town, USA.  My idea...

Forget all the "illegal" assignments and everything else you hear about, it's mostly propaganda crap, promoted by people with Their own agenda, or just ignorance of the law.  

As a free member, I'm not supposed to use this forum to promote myself.  

.: $16,450Marketing/Promotion: $1,431Trash: $1,961Supplies: $1,579Water Testing: $3,177Misc: $350Total Expenses: $53,370NOI: $53,555Cap Rate: ~ 7.5%Cash on Cash: ~12% (based on 20% down and 30 year am at 5% - still finalizing loan terms so subject to change)DSCR: 1.46x50% Rule ($/unit/mo): $117.171% Rule: 1.31%GRM: 6.36Debt Yield: 9.55% (based on 20% down)Property is in overall good condition but could use some upgrading. 

So many people on BP sugar coat things to make them sound easy (especially if they are selling something or promoting something), and so many people talk a lot about their wins but you rarely hear of their losses (or all the work that went into the wins).  

There are very few promotion opportunities within my company and judging by the cars in the car park, the money isn't there either. 

.: $16,450Marketing/Promotion: $1,431Trash: $1,961Supplies: $1,579Water Testing: $3,177Misc: $350Total Expenses: $53,370NOI: $53,555Cap Rate: ~ 7.5%Cash on Cash: ~12% (based on 20% down and 30 year am at 5% - still finalizing loan terms so subject to change)DSCR: 1.46x50% Rule ($/unit/mo): $117.171% Rule: 1.31%GRM: 6.36Debt Yield: 9.55% (based on 20% down)Property is in overall good condition but could use some upgrading.

Then I looked at those hours and said what can I do there to promote my future.

As a side note and not promoting anything, he also teaches / coaches L/O.

Can't buy a house to ride the equity train when your 2BR rental appraises for almost $800k.So, E-6 promotable at 40 years old with another decade to go for enough active duty retirement points (I had a lot of guard and civil service time, so 16.5 good "years" so far but not full up on pay points), I truly can't crunch the numbers in a way that shows me any benefit to plugging $18k/yr into a Roth TSP.