Its whatever your comfortable doing to get the ball rolling. 3) All of my properties are in a number of LLC's.

Have you done the exercise of listing all cap ex items by cost and lifetime to determine average monthly expense?  

Hey everybody,on 12 August PDX City Council adopted the Residential Infill Project, a massive re-zoning exercise for Portland.

If it meant that I could just get the ball rolling.So my question is, should I still consider doing a BRRR given the current market?

The "bones" and the numbers are what matter most to me.I hope I can connect with someone in this forum to get the ball rolling.Cheers,Eric

Long story short, I'm torn between buying a townhome/condo just to "get the ball rolling" and get into real estate, or simply waiting until I actually go Active Duty and have more resources at my disposal.

A low-ball offer is not a bad thing, depending on the property. 

RE investing is a great gig, but it’s one you’ve got to keep your eye on the ball, and if you’re not going to be here to do that I would wait until you’re closer to the time that you will be and until you’re a little more educated and ready to go.

Once the ball gets rolling, they can hand it off to you, but since you didn't pay for the job that caused the issue, Lowe's would be right to say "sorry you never did business with us on this, how can we even consider talking to you much less spending any time or money". 

They will need to guide you through the exercise so you minimize whatever tax exposure there may be.