As young military troops, we had higher ranking folks recommend we buy a house at every station.  

@Jeff Copeland in your experience, do you see investors take risks they wouldn't ordinarily take by having the HELOC?

First, I am a huge supporter of our troops and know first hand the BAH rates are typically well below market value. 

Quote from @Reed RickenbachPeople who know love and trust you and who would want to do business with you......that's everyone in your phone, FB, IG, Linkedin Accounts.People you went to school with, people in your Boy Scout Troop, your church, your frat, you used to work with, etc.   

Thanks Kevin for your insight into the Killeen market, I think the numbers work perfectly for by and hold, I just wasn't sure about the constant turn over with the troops up in the your area. 

So landlords can (and do) go to the chain of command of the troop in question and get wages garnished to pay back rent (or whatever), if needed.

If they're paying $1,000 a month just to cover the mortgage and it would ordinarily rent for $1800, that's almost $10,000 a year you are "donating" to them in the form of lower rent.

An unmotivated seller really has no reason to fix broken windows, replace dead plants or perform any type of repairs a buyer might ordinarily request of a motivated seller.

Only a very small percentage are new enlisted troops.

God bless our troops!