At that point you'll be much more comfortable with being a landlord and you'll know what duties and qualifications you really want to look for in a property management company.

I am an active duty Marine and I have met some other Marines from that area.

@Eric M.Here are several real estate prospecting ideas and activities to try:Call or visit people you know.Canvass neighborhoods through cold calls or visits.Contact the owners of expired, for sale by owner, and foreclosure listings.Call former satisfied clients for referrals.Sponsor an open house for a seller, in which you actively solicit other people’s business.Volunteer for floor duty at your brokerage.Follow up with referrals that come through your website and other promotional efforts.Good Luck!

I was about to leave this alone there is no duty to pay more tax than is necessary.When it comes to tax avoidance, we have been guided not by the invisible hand or the guilty hand but by Judge Learned Hand, who famously wrote: “Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes.”

You must demonstrate to the judge that he had a duty to pay, and if he is not the Lessee you won't get far.

Jeffrey, that old trope of "buy a home at every duty station" might have been cool in the 1980s, but now the Web lets everyone invest where it makes financial sense. 

I am active duty Navy stationed at Naval Station Mayport (Jacksonville, FL).

It is still the duty of the property manager to point out the need for normal ongoing maintenance activities such as gutter cleaning, trimming trees and shrubs away from buildings and roofs, filter changes, etc and for the less routine items such as updating furnaces, water heaters, windows and the like. 

Hello, Little background, I have a townhome in Columbia, SC that is currently being rented out. I bought a SFH in Richmond Hill, GA and sold it and made a little bit of profit. I am wanting to use my VA loan to build ...

Jennifer's knowledge of the local market and vast experience in property valuation was vital to this deal.