Is there a way to remove him from the mortgage without refinancing?

Oh wow, I didn't know anything about this.

I’ll want to rent it out to other people and possibly add an ADU and do other renovations is this risky with the deed still in her name? 

This is a crucial vehicle to your early success as a veteran.If you don't know where you will settle when you first get back, getting started learning markets that are interesting to you (and you may also like to be close to) is very wise.

This is an interesting situation, and one that I almost navigated with my mentor prior to his passing this last year.

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Hi @Will Newmiller - I bought my first 3 properties with conventional 20% down loans, using funds from my business and loans from my wife's TSP.

@Samantha Stephens my experience is the property is only available for those will OO to bid on during this period.

There are lots of paid software programs that do this for you as well.