I usually use this combination when advertising my rentals but for sales I hire a photographer since they take and edit slightly better photos than I do.If the price and photos reasonable, you should get more showings. 

I have a wide range of experience as a carpenter and handyman.I’m a veteran of the US Army, a recent college graduate and have a passion for building and real estate.

I'm not a veteran, but I would be open to a rural purchase (RD).

I work out of a glen burnie office with other veterans

His claim was that because I had 5 cars in front of my house & people were photographed carrying fishing poles & a raft, that I must be breaking the law.

For any investors that are new or veterans in the game, what are your recommendations for a nubie like myself and what first steps I should be making.  

One of my coworkers is a veteran and got started in real estate by taking advantage of the VA Loan program.

If you’re a veteran Navy Federal does them as well, up to 95%.

I'm a veteran who's looking to use my benefits to buy a quad in the area (once I ensure I find a good deal), and I will more than likely use a 0% down payment to purchase a property.- In this case, purchase price is the same as the mortgage, but if I were putting 25%-33% on an investment property, than the difference  between the purchase price and mortgage is obviously significantly larger. 

Read between the lines on that one.I would suspect that if you got pre-approved with a VA lender....you would be very motivated to find a place, and if you also found a worthy tenant to take your place at the place you are renting now....I mean a worthy tenant, not just anyone....then most judges would look VERY favorably on you and unfavorably on a California Landlord that won't let a veteran....ESPECIALLY IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA that is trying to work this out with his landlord.