Although highly underutilized by the veteran community, a solid option to get into RE Investing as a veteran/active duty is to use the VA Renovation Loan.

Of course this comes with risk too as the selection of the partner or sponsor of the syndication is of vital importance.

Feel free to call up the VA's Loan Center and ask them yourself so you can get your information from an actual source rather than some guy off the internet.You can read a more comprehensive post I made about split entitlement and 1-Time Restorations here, but essentially a veteran/active duty member has a set amount of the VA loan's "entitlement" depending on the county for which they make a purchase.

@Jessica Hoffman I am an Active Duty Army Officer and also located in Colorado Springs.

Although highly underutilized by the veteran community, a solid option to get into RE Investing as a veteran/active duty is to use the VA Renovation Loan.

Both are vital parts of team building and they are professionals with a lot of knowledge.

Not a current agent, although I have been previously a real estate agent.But yes, the crux of the issue is that your son's agent didn't fully complete his obligations with regards to his duties to your son.  

Since you deployed, you should be eligible (must be 90 days of non-training active-duty service).

Although highly underutilized by the veteran community, a solid option to get into RE Investing as a veteran/active duty is to use the VA Renovation Loan.

I'm active duty military and living abroad.