I'm retired Navy and know a lot about VA benefits, so hit me up if you have any questions.

But there is a Navy base, and Boeing in the area if that doesn't work out.

As far as the living in the barracks and getting loans go with a military friendly bank USAA or Navy Federal are the 2 I know they understand.

:mrgreen: We chose Jacksonville as one of the cities to invest in because it is a navy town.

Im in a similar situation as you are I call Pittsburgh home at the same time Im also a merchant marine for the Navy and only spend about 2 mths a yr in Pittsburgh.

Laura, I think a first rental property being a 24 unit complex would be baptism by fire and could be like a Navy Seals type boot camp for a landlord (3 hours of sleep and all)....

., PENFEN, Navy Federal), the LTV is generally 65 - 80%, and the caps will be lower. 

While I would love to be doing real estate full-time, I am still active duty in the US Navy for the next couple years and can only commit to real estate as a part-time business venture.

I was in the Navy so I love military aviation as well as general aviation.

We both work full time for the Navy as civilian employees.It's definitely something we'd like to get into as soon as we can start!