I am a 21 year old current active duty soldier looking to start investing in real estate. 

If you don't, or if you don't follow both state & federal law, regarding former soldiers, then you run the risk of heavy duty lawsuits over housing rights, do you not? 

I'll buddy up with ya anytime soldier.

Get a copy of the soldiers orders.

My current situation is I am a full time career soldier in the Army and I have about 5-6 years left before I can retire.  

Just make sure you have a good foot soldier or two there.

My wife and  I own multiple rentals in the Greater Tacoma area, and I have helped a number of investors, including several active duty soldiers, find great house hacks using their VA loan in the Tacoma/Olympia market.Happy to chat whenever you feel ready to get started! 

Despite working nonstop 12-hour days, mortar attacks and exercises, and getting called in to the trauma bay to run labs and issue blood for mostly Afghan soldiers with gunshot and blast injuries, I was able to build a business, hire my first employees, and close my first wholesale deal while deployed in Afghanistan.My First Assignment FeeSince then I partnered up with my good friend Max and we closed on a 6-unit apartment building just 5 days after I got home to Ohio.

He is a soldier in the Army and I look forward to having them there for the next 36 months hopefully (that is usually how long soldiers stay in one place before moving to another installation).

A plus to those two suburbs is that the Chicago Bears have recently placed a bid to buy the Arlington Heights race track in hopes to turn it into the new Solider Field, this will be a process which takes a while as the Bears are currently still under contract with Soldier Field (Chicago) until 2033 which some talk has began about the contract being bought out if the inquiry for the Race Track goes through.