I am currently stationed on the USS Bonhomme Richard out of Sasebo Japan.

hey @Branden Newman, A friend of mine who was in the military bought a house each place he was stationed in the U.S.

I hope to be stationed near Carlsbad in a few years.

Are you going to start investing now in your current location, get a property manager whenver it's time to PCS then invest in the new location around your duty station?

Stationed in Hawaii, working on some real estate deals back home in the mid west.

If you look at where my husband and I live we have multiple military bases (Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Support Activity Norfolk, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Fort Story, Naval Air Station Oceanna, Damneck Training Facility, Naval Support Activity Southwest, Norfok Naval shipyard, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, DOD Complex Suffolk, Fort Monroe, Langley Air Force Base, Fort Eustis, and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown) where we have a constant turn over.  

As someone who currently lives in Manhattan though, I can say that Yonkers and Riverdale and New Rochelle are definitely not walkable cities in comparison, so you'll definitely want to find a place within a reasonable distance from the train stations- or at least with a parking space!

We just got stationed here about four months ago and was amazed about the rental market.

It's seems like it's a pretty nice town within commuting distance to Boston and close to Acton Commuter rail station.

The train left the station there several years ago, Prices are too high now for it to cash flow.