It is the mortgage or deed of trust that allows a lender recourse (via foreclose) if the burrower fails to make the monthly payments and/or breaches the loan contract in some way or another.When it comes to mobile property, it depends on what state you are in and how that state defines mobile property; each state has guidelines as to whether a mobile property is considered personal or real estate based on certain tests.

When you get out of the service, take your degree, your HUGE savings at this point, your family and settle somewhere.

I estimate my mortgage to be above $6k, and this will test my available income flow form my salary. 

The test should be very passable.

You can sit for the test by paying $50 or so.

What service would you recommend to run your credit/background checks? 

@Zachary Miller individual investors are now able to use a service like Show Mojo or Tenant Turner that can help you with the leasing process, scheduling, and marketing out to the 20-30 sites you want to me on.

Storing information on External hard drives or USB sticks can also be unsafe..I agree with a lot of what you said Nancy but storing your information on your desktop rather than the "Cloud" is not necessary "safer", it might be a false sense of security..It is important when using Quickbooks online, iCloud or any Cloud type service that the user is following best practices.

Painting Serviceable Cabinets as opposed to New Cabinets. 5.

Point #1 - foreigners can't own property - unless you're married to a nationalPoint #2 - you can own a condo - without being married to a nationalPoint #3 - you can Airbnb your condoPoint #4 - condos start around $38,000 upwards to $190K.I've toyed with the idea of offering a service to foreign investors as an American "with boots on the ground" to make sure their investment is properly setup.