You don't let them dictate things for three years.

@Cliff TsangNot to make light of the situation, but how does the lease in place dictate you should handle the situation?

Yes, you will have access to a VA loan with 100% financing, however:This doesn't to you a whole lot of good if you are only in a duty station for a few monthsDepending on your rank, duty station, and other factors, you may be required to live on base at timesVA loans are only for owner occupantsYour purchase price will still be dictated by your credit and income (see first bullet above), andIt can be extremely risky to buy with 100%+ financing at the peak of the market (I say 100%+ because many servicemembers and veterans roll their VA funding fee into their loan, which can leave them leveraged at 102% or more - with negative equity).

  *  I would use Vinyl Plank flooring - not laminate*  I would also not use granite, unless your market dictates it. 

use Uber CAUTION here on these time lines.. no matter what systems anyone has.. the market will dictate.. you get one contractor who is slow or goofy.. your in market were DOM is 90 days plus .. loans take 30 to 60 days for the end buyer to process.. unless your selling cash to an investor.. etc etc..Market is slowing a little around the country... and getting back to normal..

It’s a locally dictated process, with the building and zoning dept.  

I'm not paying more than 70k dictated by the wholesalers formula.

So here, that would be common, of course your contract will dictate it.

But again the local market dictates that. 

I have not seen rents in those brackets drop much if any what I have seen is them go hundred % vacant and cant refill them because construction came to a screeching halt and the laborers left and many or most laborer's are tenants.. this played out in PHX  AZ   Vegas NV   FLA  GA  places with uber new construction .. when it stopped so did the jobs.this is all dictated in my mind on JOBS.. you have jobs you have rent stability jobs or economy falters people start moving in with relatives or they simply up and leave and go somewhere else.. there is a reason U haul is a billion dollar concern.