Its not optimal, because you're never going to recognize massive appreciation, but I'm not brave enough to deploy funds to buy an 8 unit building in [insert city here] when I literally know nothing about that city's neighborhoods.With all of that said, Luzerne County has some really solid pockets where there is a good renter base and enough middle class jobs to keep housing prices growing very, VERY slowly.

Clarksville will have vacancy issues due to deployments and as you note, the housing allotments will cap the rents that can be obtained.

They will be motivated to resolve it and, depending on the size of the potential claim, may deploy the resources to do so. 

Once I return from my deployment I planned to leave the SFR behind and make a move on an apartment complex.  

For buy and hold, it's pretty simple: capital deployed and return on said capital.

In short, a 1031 exchange refers to a portion of the tax code that allows a seller to re-deploy their sale proceeds, tax free, in a like-kind exchange.By way of the most simplest of examples, let's assume I'm selling a property and expect gross proceeds of $1mm, with a total tax liability of $350k.

Sometimes, a small local banks are the best option as they need to deploy their money locally and can often be more competitive than larger banks.

The first person vacated due to job transfer and the second was deployed with the military.Now that you know my story HA, here's my questions...Condo purchase price: $160,000Condo mortgage: $138,000Current market value: Around $145,000If we sold the condo for the average of $145,000, after a 7% Realtor fee we would be left with $135,000.

My only hurdle is I have a deployment coming up in a couple of months(I'm currently in active duty in the military) and I won't be able to be as active in investing as I hoped.

I still think I would look to deploy the $240K differently by selling and looking to buy product with a stronger ROI, but perhaps in Anton's market, that's tough to do.