(5) I now stick to growth markets like SF/Marin County, Las Vegas and college towns where you essentially have endless demand (with parent guarantors).   

Yea, I'll blame that and not the group of Marines I was hanging around with this week.

I'm a Marine Corps veteran here and am finally in a place where I can take advantage of my VA loan benefit.

Thanks for the encouragement.  29 Palms is a military town, we figure renting out individual rooms to to marines would maximize the revenue for this property. 

Old Marine saying: PPPPPP.

A bit about me, I am husband, father of two girls, and a retired Marine. 

She was a transitioning Marine veteran with a solid offer letter and used her VA home loan.

I served 5 years in the Marine Corps and it was the best decision I ever made.

And most people that say they are "thinking about becoming a LO" don't even ever get licensed; this isn't different than all the people that "almost joined the Marines" (but never even spoke with a recruiter) or "think about getting into real estate" (but never even signed up for the courses), it's exactly the same actually.

@Ronald Bredemeier Semper Fi to a fellow Marine.