I already made an offer on this Duplex and waiting for the Seller's bank to make their decision on this short sale.

Hi BP, my name is Kendall Short and I am looking to dive into the Multifamily rental game in the near future.

Fort Rucker is primarily a training base and I believe many people attend short term trainings on TDY.

Is there a potential short sale deal I could put together here? 

Technically that is true, but a good agent sets alerts for short sales and REOs that come back on the market (when they are most ripe) after a failed deal.3.

I had some serious enquiries, so I accepted one and then built the cabin the day before they arrived :)Since then I've been hosting on Airbnb and performing music and really enjoy the vacation rental thing SO much more than traditional land-lording.  

Another thing, the kitchen door originally was short, I had it reframed, and now it is a standard sized door.

We have one that we are putting back on the market tomorrow with owner financing that would be perfect for an owner occupied "house hack" where they could get a type 1 short term rental permit.  3 units, 4/2 on top, 2 one bedrooms on the bottom with pool.  

I think REI is the best path for me to take to increase my capital with passive income and short term goals, Long term investing is not something I want to start out with.

I'm gonna keep this short and simple: If you want free leads of absentee owners follow this method..if you know your market: go to gosection8.com and text all the landlords on the site something like "I see you own a property on 123 street I'm looking to invest in the area would you be open to possibly selling a property?"