It's very common to spot these new $million+ duplexs next to the old 600 ft² shacks that inhabitated the neighborhood in days of yore.

who in recent years have complained they  came home to find sheriff's dept snooping around their home looking for MJ to confiscate, when they found nothing, they still try to lift anything valuable like iphones, laptops etc and provide bizarre stories like 'WE CHASED A MURDER SUSPECT WHO FLED ONTO YOUR PROPERTY IN HIDING'. in retrospect, i find theres more '420 FRIENDLY' civilians, officials, etc, than there are not. perhaps even to officials its a quick way to make extra $$, crashing and siezing GROW OPS?

If the other unit is unaffected and inhabitable, a lender may underwrite ...That said, if you can swing it, you ,may be better off buying cash (using that as leverage to drive the price even lower), affect the repairs to the damaged unit, then finance once complete.

:)Hi Jeremy,I don't have any insights in to buying with HUD, but I do help organize a real estate investing meetup out here in Korea - the Seoul Real Estate Investing Meetup - you can check out my signature or profile for a link.In a few weeks, we'll have @Chris Clothier of Memphis Invest as a speaker - we have a Q&A where you can ask our speaker any questions.We also have a lot of service members / civilian contractors who are part of our group - maybe one of them might have some info to help?

Frankly, if there is no significant damage associated with the cat, then, there is nothing to haggle about or risk losing more money and time in court.I imagine you would have absorbed the repairs caused by wear and tear over the time they inhabited the house.The overall consensus in this thread is that you should just let it slide and move on to more important things.

I'm a tad pole when it comes to real estate investing. Any advice for getting started before I officially leave the military?

I've been looking at bls.gov to find civilian labor force numbers, but I'm not sure if that's the best way?

I am all about offering something in return, unfortunately, my skills right now are not transferable to the civilian world.

I suppose you're suggesting that the likelihood of becoming inhabitable is low.

For one, did you know that we can exclude capital gains taxes when we hold a property for any two years out of TEN, not the five years that civilians are entitled to?