Here are some data:- tenant is a veteran- issue with debt to income are credit card bills and cars payments. i understand that for the cars solution is easy... tenant can sell those cars, uber around for a few weeks while mortgage gets approved, and then purchase them back.

Photos are almost always worth it. for ~$200 your online presence vs a non-professional is night and day.Also, vet your photographer well.

I can tell you that many veteran RMLO left the business..

Find the long-service, veteran agents in it.

What are some common unnecessary purchases first time investors find themselves making that veteran investors would likely advise against?

Single moms especially, and Veterans for sure. 

He's a veteran real estate investor and property manager and I'm a digital marketing dabbler.So far we have a few ads running on Facebook funneling into an OnCarrot powered website along with some sporadic Craig's List posting (we've gotten one lead from each so far).My goal with this is to turn working with him into a stable income for myself working 10 to 20 hours/week.

It's another way of creative financing for Veterans and I would like to know if anyone ever used it!

Bunch of veterans in town as investors as well so you'll meet some other JoesLots of meets in this town as well so should have no problem making friends or finding groups to join.

Photograph everything, get your own quotes, etcAldo - a lawyer sending a letter may accelerate things if you can’t get traction otherwise.