I remember reading forums about the downturn and how a lot of the veterans were saying "it's easier said than done to just "hold" when the market is in the toilet, because you've lost your job and you need $ to pay bills".

I'm going to list a few options on the MLS today with some of my thoughts, and would love thoughts from the Bay Area veterans on opportunities, concerns, or things to keep in mind.

I would say it's more important to be linked up with veterans, people who have wholesales multiple deals and know what they are doing so that they can help you hopefully successfully close the deal and not waste the seller's time.

Lowes has good perks ($20 delivery fee for anything, veterans discounts etc)Check out the Points Guy website, they review and recommend what is right based on your usage and desired rewards and the risks (points expiring, blackouts etc).

Given this, I'm at the very least competitive with other part-timers, with the benefits of having a decent amount of experience from my own transactions and ability to empathize with other active-duty or veteran home buyers.

The local (veteran) investors have been calling me the latter name for years.

Thank you, yes I am a 28 year veteran real estate broker so I love working with people and have no doubts this will be challenging although very rewarding.

I am a retired 63-year-old military veteran considering giving a rental property to my only son, a 22-year-old senior in college.

I emailed Tacoma's city council prior to this in an attempt to try and shed some logic from both a landlord and veteran agent's perspective that owns/works in the area. 

I will definitely take your veteran advice and apply my attitude to better deals from now on and being stricter on my numbers.