frankly your biggest asset right now is your age - you can work 20 hours a day, screw up and have plenty of time to recover, not have a family to feed, can live on very little money among others.

Look into the many resources here on BP and network plenty.

Long story short, I will not have many bills while on deployment which gives me plenty opportunity to save and purchase an investment home upon my return.I wanted to see what you all thought about me possibly purchasing a property here in Hampton Roads Virginia below market value using either FHA or my VA loan.

Loan fraud in HUD transactions will generally land you in jail, they really, really don't like that.Loans are audited after closing, usually after 90 days and before a year, there are plenty of indicators that can show up that can flag a file for a compliance review.

there are plenty of excelent REO deals on the MLS in certain pockets of Philadelphia..

If an experienced real estate investor has good rentals with strong cash flows there is plenty of 70-75% ltv money available from small commercial bank lenders.

Plenty of Houston BPs here.

Plenty of good info here, check out the podcasts, they are great.

Would love to get to know you better, and more then happy to pay for a cup of what ever you drink in exchange for your time.

We tried to call it as early as possible in the day.Grab me at the next event and I'll buy you a drink