I have a few I use that like their money being deployed at rates higher than the .5% their bank was giving them.

Smart money will be ready to buy depressed assets for pennies on the dollar when the next cycle begins.Imagine if you had capital ready to deploy in 2009.

@Mark Danforth One of my ex coworkers working in manufacturing firm just deployed a robot that looks at hand written documents, and type the numbers on the doc into a computer. 

My wife and I were recently able to get to a point where we can possibly get a Joint VA home loan when I get off my current deployment in the next few months.

@Jorge Leon Jr, hold the cash in index funds until you're ready to deploy the capital for an investment property.

@Matt Gilroy I would agree with @Alexander Felice...our Achilles heel in this industry is turnover...tough to keep good tenants when they may deploy at any moment or be relocated every 6-months. 

We deploy 7 categories of criteria which each have a weighted value.

I don't think that you use an LLC unless you are building a business to attract investors and that is a more complicated structure with more costs involved and I think you only do that when you have a lot of success under your belt and know how to deploy hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars with outside investors' money. 

Hi ya'll,I'm currently in the process of researching real estate deals for my girlfriend and I when I come back from deployment and move back out to the Midwest to finish my degree in Carbondale, IL. 

The home was a bad investment, and the sooner they can recoup part of their capital the sooner they can re-deploy the capital in a way that is profitable.