I am an Army Public Health Nurse and fitness instructor/trainer preparing to retire after 30 years of service. 

Looking to invest in and out of state.Outside of real estate, I enjoy listening to audiobooks, spending time with family, building health care organizations and caring for people in my community.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

General tips: design for the target demographic and go above and beyond whatever the competition is doing, ie if the competition has a hot tub and a pool, make sure you have a hot tub and a pool AND a game room, etc.

Hey BP Community,I have a rental available in a C class neighborhood and my property manager let me know that a mental health organization wants to submit an application.The property is a 3 bedroom SFR and the organization intends on putting in 3 children to start between the ages of 11-17. 

Your biggest risk is kids commandeering the thing while mom and dad are in the hot tub,and running over and killing someone(s).  

I'll always choose the space that has a special feature or two like a fire pit, fire place, hot tub, nice deck for BBQ'ing, etc.

Bill" and being able to seek local private health care when further than 30 minutes from a VA offered healthcare facilities.

I have a 9 bedroom house, 6 bath with a pool and hot tub. 

Some real quick items here:VA Loans are for Primary HomesYou can use VA Loans for 1-4 unit properties (House Hacking)VA Loans have 0% downpayment (most of the time)You can have more than 1 VA loan (some people don't know that)VA Loans do carry a "funding fee" which is like a little "tax" to write the loan, but it is waived if you are a disabled veteran.VA Loans do not have PMI (and that's a huge benefit for us)VA Loans also have a very streamlined refinance feature (called a VA IRRRRL) which makes it super easy to refinance if rates were to fall (hopefully that will occur in the future)VA Loans can also be used by a surviving spouse.The VA may not give us the best health benefits but they can certainly get us into debt!

Depending on the health of your parents, waiting until a death, although grim, could wipe out significant amounts of capital gains.