In our little town, Buy & Holds will probably be the best strategy, but we are open to all sorts of techniques and methods.

Yes being in Germany has its own complications (laws,finances) but the big advantage is i know the area and i know how the military thinks on what they want (single and family). 

I became a wholesaler to build cash over time to invest in other areas.I still use the same techniques I learned in wholesaling to acquire commercial properties, land, and notes.

There are several components to keep in mind, none are too complicated.Provide a Purchase Option and a Lease Agreement as separate documents, if they dont pay rent, you can just show the lease agreement to the courts (without showing the Purchase Option and complicating the eviction).

No incorporation or anything that complicated.

Sounds complicated, but I see there are people making it work.

If it gets too complicated self managing I will sell and look for another area that will work better for that. 

Complication: the property was acquired through a 1031.

However if you only invest it in training, then at the end you have lost $50,000 and still don't own anything.There are a lot less inexpensive ways to learn about real estate in my opinion.Don't fall for any high pressure techniques from any guru.....the typical scenario is to go to a free 2-3 hour training session. 

The process is complicated so, it's more than I can post here.