If we DON'T pull the trigger now, and he DOES get out of the service, we are looking at a possibility of our 6 month plan turning into a multi-year plan by the time he has 2 years at a new job to qualify for a mortgage.Obviously we can't tell the future.

It might require using some of your savings/downpayment money to accomplish this but you will find it extremely difficult to impossible to get a loan with that percentage.  

As a vet, you have access to VA loans which means you might be eligible for extremely good financing.I wish you the best!

Better to pay for these "soft costs" out of pocket so you don't have to build if the market is not doing so well. 2) Kirkland is an extremely hot neighborhood and you would probably be okay in a down market.

In other words, this feature somehow disabled all of my notifications (5 keywords set) because one keyword triggered the change.  

We have looked at several in Grand Haven and Holland, but have not pulled the trigger yet.

If it is a good deal, and I can afford it, I may just pull the trigger and buy it...

Both positive and negative feedback are extremely valuable to me so please comment! 

In the extreme case, this would be flipping.

Anyway, I found the information here at BP to be extremely helpful.