Main goal is to become FI enough that when I get out of the military I can just do RE.

I do re-run my ads daily as the features allow you to do that so it brings the ads up to the top. 

BP - Thank you in advance for any expert suggestions. I will try and organize my thought process; I have a plan in place, but would love the hard working community of BP to shed some light. The Questions: 1) what is t...

Let me summarize your BP responses.  50% Yes, never do RE w/o it.  50% No, waste of time but be sure to get insurance as if no matter what route you chose you don't need insurance.I am in the camp of putting your properties in an LLC is a good thing. 

What 'should be' a healthy allocation will invariable by RE heavy if you do RE. 

Build relationships now for deals in the future - near and far.I went to school for engineering, I'm still an engineer but like many on BP, want to do RE full time.

I get asked this pretty frequently and my typical response is along these lines.If you're looking for work (which I highly recommend if you plan to do RE for the rest of your life) you should consider getting a full or part time gig at a property management, title company, real estate brokerage (as an assistant or admin), mortgage broker, and/ or work part time for a local investor either finding deals or doing cold calls.  

Right now we're starting to build our "team," as he has a RE lawyer, I have a banker, and we both know multiple RE agents who do RE Investments.Our goals: We both agree on looking for a turn-key 3bed/2bath (minimum) single family home or townhome/condo at least 1500sqft.

I’ve had to do re-roofs, whole house re-pipes, and replace HVAC units (sometimes multiple of those things in a single year).

So you don’t need to know much of math to do RE investing.