As a Soldier I travel all over the world and have become a custom to the AZ, AK, and HI markets.

If you are deployed to, say, Afgahnastan, is it possible for your spouse to still purchase a house and get financing with you on the loan? How would you go about it?

Problem with rentals is that soldiers are soldiers.  

As it turns out, the same qualities that make for a good soldier are the same qualities that make for a good farmer, and the "dirt therapy" while learning how to farm within a group of fellow vets does a lot of healing.

Because of the constant in and out soldiers, it's a very reliable with little vacancy and they're normally good tenants. 

I'm a soldier in the United states army in the brink of retirement and I wish I had the guts that you are displaying to get started in this business at such a young age.

I have soldiers who live off post even though they are technically single. 

I purchased my first property as a 21 yrs old soldier.

Fayetteville is not by any means without its economic difficulties.Another population that won't receive weighting here are those retired soldiers (and the area has tens of thousands of them) who are neither working nor seeking work, but rather are living off of their military pension. 

You are already ahead of the game, just keep pushing and show your command you are a good soldier first and a good person second you'll move up in the ranks fast and get BAH in no time.