I am a new investor to the area of real estate, my previous experience has been mainly with 2 SFR that I have purchased and of those two one is my primary residence whilst the other has been sold already.My previous professional experience involves starting up and running a successful insurance firm for 5 years in Wisconsin after which I transition to a more "active" profession by enlisting and deploying with a Marine Corps unit.

Everything is great until there's a deployment - - and 3-4 months later the wife and the kids go back to mom&dad.

S&P around 1,800 - 2,000), it could be a good opportunity to invest in the market to reap the benefits. 2. now that you've build even a larger cash position through potential gains, it could be a good time to deploy that to the ultimate wealth building machine - real estate.

I will deploy everything I have into this strategy and update you with how it pans out in the near future.

I have bought 6 homes (12 units) for $210,000 and total capital deployed was about $52,000.

They compare the total cost of the mortgage with interest but most always fail to calculate and factor in the opportunity cost of deploying that money into good investments. 

Before moving in, the military guy knows he is going on deployment in 6 months.

That money that you are saving each month could be deployed to purchase other properties rather than helping to pay off any specific loan.

A buddy just closed 242 units while deployed.

My question is this for discussion: How best can the investor community deploy profit seeking capital and effort into the devastated Houston market area to create the most profit for the investor(s) and the most benefit/good for the individuals and community being helped by the solutions that only investors can bring to bear?