Jeremy, i simply don't want the liability of potentially being personally accused of 'id theft' and the likes of 'negligent enablement' thereof in today's highly litigious America where it seems like 50% americans are prescribed some sort of psychiatrics drugs and the other half on recreational ones; and the average civilian being practically a professional 'crisis actor'. frankly, and im not even kidding, 10-20 years ago it used to be that young adults wanted to be rock stars. now its practically like every one wants to be 'lawyer'?

@Mike Huang  I have to agree with @Christopher Griffith, you will not find 2+ fam homes that are inhabitable in brooklyn on queens in that price range.  

I am a licensed Houston Realtor and have worked with investors on many of my deals ajd also have family that invest in our areas, and wanted to know the best ways to build professional relationships with Investors.There are many Realtors and Investors that don't work together because essentially we are each other's competition but I do understand that buying/selling for my clients to inhabit the property and buying/ selling for investors for VERY different.

It DOES sound fishy though and the new inhabitant may have experience in ripping off landlords.

I am looking for other military members/veterans who could help guide me through the process, since our lifestyle is much different then those on the civilian side.

@Kevin Hunter  At this point, my goals are to own enough rental units to provide $10,000 of monthly cash flow by the time I become a civilian in 5 year's time.

And especially in SF, with rent control and urban density, you literally get extreme and absurd situations like a multi million dollar condo literally RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a rent controlled flat where the immigrant inhabitants (6 in a small 2BR) collect recyclables in their back yard.  

What I've learned from this experience is, whether the tenant is military or civilian, the rules apply equally.

She's a Teacher, and he discharged a couple years back after a few tours of Afghanistan, but now works on base as a civilian.

I am a civilian.