Just went to boot camp graduation at Great Lakes a couple weeks ago. 900 new recruits every Friday, quite a ceremony.If you can swing it, buying a house at every duty station, then keeping the house and renting when the orders come, makes a nice supplemental retirement plan.I know several military that have houses scattered across the country.One year I was at Wright Pat in November, and it was the coldest Nov I can remember.

The following year, I traded up to a Susuki DRZ400S.

The Fair Trading Act governs real estate dealings, anyone along the way in a real estate transaction must not mislead or deceive, intentionally or even unintentionally in what they say, agree to or act upon.

I've been looking into making my own Bandit signs I've brought all the materials such as the swing arm stapler and the plastic sheet the only thing i need left is of course the ladder mesh block.

We trade shrimp or gator for rent. 

The large bank lenders right now are about worthless.. for instance I will not accept an offer on one of my new constructions if the lender is WElls fargo.. as a matter of fact I will not accept an offer from a buyer unless I know the mortgage broker personally and know they can get it done.and out in the mid west its even more problematical.. where you had such wild swings in values in the down turn.. appraisal issues are rampant..

I've been an Estimator and Assistant PM for a GC, performed take off for a large government construction management firm, conducted design reviews on behalf of the government, and I am an Architectural & Civil Drafter by trade.

Another option, in between is that of a syndication, which could be considered a non publicly traded REIT.  

Are you trying to grow your $50k to trade up into larger deals? 

Doubtful however you can convince tenants to pay above market as a trade off for lower utilities.