well, it sounds like you have thought things thru for the most part. but to combine heat and hot water will require you to have a boiler system, and those can be expensive. even thousands of dollars more than a conventional forced air furnace. that $600 a month is nice, but how long is it going to take to recoup your costs of installing boilers and water heaters in all of your units???

Every free seminar that I have been to has been a scam or high pressure sales.

You have to have extra cash available so when a hot water heater goes out or the air conditioning just shot craps or...

Currently I am serving on active duty in the Air Force and stationed in Okinawa Japan.  

., they do not plug in like, say, a window air conditioner). 

Got to keep some pressure on them.  

Investors are pitched deals ALL THE TIME and often the people pitching them are selling a lot of hot air, and so it makes it hard to know who to trust.People like to do business with people they know, like and trust... so my advice is to meet people face to face first, and find out what kind of properties they're looking for, what their experience level is, and see if there is any way you can be of value to them or anyone important you can introduce them to who can help them meet their goals.Then, it's a lot easier to "be heard" about the property you're selling, and those investors can return the favor by introducing you to anyone they know who might be interested in purchasing it. 

I want to get into real estate but I know starting in my town I would be successful because I know everyone.I already feel pressured and I haven't even started yet. 

Part of it is jumping in and learning the gaps.If you will be living in one side, there is less pressure on the cash flow (comparing to alternative housing costs not alternative investment vehicles) and less pressure about knowing all the fair housing laws (you can discriminate more/be pickier about tenants if you live there).  

That was because the area did Not suffer much at all depreciation due to the War and military personnel surge and businesses/employees supporting the military demands for housing.Harold probably knows that BRAC has threatened to close Oceana Naval Air Station since 2005 but failed as it has ended up costing the military considerably more money to close and realign the bases then it was planned to save.