Generally speaking a 5 year or 7 year ARM gives you the best rate, then 10 year, then 15 year, then 20, then 30 year loans.

Hello all,  I am retiring from the Armed Forces next June after 20 years of service, and will be receiving a monthly check I want to use towards house hacking and flips to start making some income and cash flow to get started, any advice appreciated.

If a dollar of NOI is selling for $14.29 (7%) and you are able to buy for $12.50 (8%) then maybe the market is changing, it wasn't an arms length sale, or it was a distress sale.

I have been using Cozy for a few years, but they just got bought out by apartments.com and it looks like apartments.com and zillow are in an arms race right now. 

Hey @Robert Hernandez, I recently armed a vacant property for a similar reason and so far it has dispatched the police twice after local bums broke into the place. 

I recommend that landlords find several issues that are highly correlated with non-payment, and explicitly include them in the lease agreement as violations that lead to eviction.

Your wife is not an arms length transaction, that creates issues with financing. 

If a kid trips and breaks his or her arm, am I going to be blamed for a half inch raised lip in the cement?

5/5 ARM.

Thus, Soldiers typically search for properties to pocket some of the cash from BAH while living in a property they enjoy.Low vacancy: one pro and con of serving in the armed forces is that you will consistently need to move.