I would like to start investing in buy and hold real estate when I return from my deployment rather soon, and build as quickly and safely as I can, in order to get closer toward my goal of financial freedom.

I'm new to Bigger Pockets and certainly looking to learn and implement as much as I possibly can in order to create the lifestyle my family deserves.

They go to Miami to shop for cheap clothes and buy a few iPhones for cheaper then they can in their home country, maybe buy a condo in Brickell to stash their money because they don't trust banks in their home country, and then fly home, never seeing any part of the U.S. outside of Dade County. 

However, with that being said, if you can learn as much as you can in the next 12 months and then present a "hypothetical deal" to an investor they may be intrigued.

I'm their "eyes" when they are so far away.....hope you find anddevelop all you can in this area.  

I am also interested in learning as much as I can in real estate investing.

Pit bulls are responsible for around 75% of human deaths caused by dogs, yet they make up approximately 5% of the canine population.

Second, in some situations we can, in fact, dramatically reduce your current taxes either by after-the-fact tax strategies (for example, cost segregation and QOZ fund rollovers) or by applying advanced analysis to your specific situation (for example, Real Estate Professional status, STR material participation "loophole", past depreciation corrections, etc.).

Once I hit my target rental number, I'll pay off all the mortgages and get fat.  

The landlord can in fact request an increase up to a certain percentage each year, particularly if the landlord can show that costs have increased.