I enjoy reading your responses on here and your YouTube channel so thank you for the reply!

Make sure any down payment assistance programs fit your goals and financial position by carefully reading through their qualifying requirements, terms, and conditions.

I have read the book Estimating Rehab Cost but I feel its not right for my area or outdated.

I'll be reading over the article you linked shortly!

@Wencheur Antoin, additional real estate sales books worth considering/reading, "SOLD" and "SKILL" by David Greene, "Fanatical Prospecting" by Jeb Blount, "Ninja Selling" by Larry Kendall, "Never Split The Difference" by Christopher Voss, "Pitch Anything" by Oren Klaff, and "The One Thing" by Gary Keller.

Considerations we've heard/read about are: distance to primary residence, location of the property in comparison to the primary residence (ie, if we live by the beach and we buy a property by the beach, it's likely not our vacation or second home, whereas living inland and buying in downtown or by the beach could be a more likely second or vacation home), and minimum timeframes for owner occupancy (like 14 nights if we eventually choose to do STRs there).We live inland and if this does allow us to buy at a higher price point, we're open to looking in more tourist-y areas of the city.

After re-reading the contract, it absolutely implied they could.

Reading up on the 2 out of 5 rule that can be extended up to 10 years for PCS moves, does that also apply to separation? 

I want long term gains and goals, with the only short term goal, being to pay for my personal mortgage, after all expenses of the rentals are taken care of. 

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