I went out of state (Kansas City) last second and glad I did, it's worked for me so far.... and in theory had I deployed the capital needed to make a mortgage same as my rent I'd EASILY be able to cover my rent and then some.I will lose the appreciation game, but I was never into that for investing anyways... plus I have the freedom to move as needed when life happens IF I need to even if that's not on the table now.

There are similar air-to-water setups that can be used to incorporate a heat-pump into an existing hydronic heating system.When deploying mini-splits, electric baseboard (EBB) tends to be the most common ancillary heat found here - in many cases that is because the heat-pump is being installed to reduce the operational demand on the EBB - however we have deployed mini-splits in conjunction with a gas-fired central heating system.

This should be heavily affected by what your goals with real estate investing are, what types of strategies you are hoping to deploy to reach those goals, what assets you are looking at, and from what position you are starting your real estate investing path! 

You can't control your schedule and you could come up for TDY or a deployment with no notice.

I'm at the beginning of this journey and would like to flesh out my knowledge before deploying capital.Thanks,Tom J

@Andrew Postell currently deployed reserve marine here, question: so as long as you live in the multi family home for a year, you can move out and legally turn it into a rental/investment property?

I will be doing the following for them: Digital Marketing: setting up and deploying automated email campaigns, helping them with the design and layout of their direct mail pieces, helping to pull lists from a database (Rebo Gateway), marketing strategy to determine who to target, frequency, etc., recommended and maintaining software, systems, and lead databases. 

I was also heavily deployed, for long periods of time (30 months deployed in the first 48 months of service), making me feel that I wouldn't be able to manage property investments while gone. 

Hey y’all, I have just signed into a contract with my first rental management company to take care of my duplex while I’m deployed.

I left on deployment and the tenant knew and she took advantage of the situation and racked up over $2,000 in fees between late payments and feeling what she felt was right to pay and not following the lease.