Mitigate your risks, get educated, get some experience, then determine your targets for growth into emerging markets."

However, if you are looking to turn the flipping of real estate into a business, then you may want to explore the ROBS 401k as it is not subject to the UBIT rules.

If you have a multi-family property, then you have to figure out how to make the tenants share the responsibility or you hire someone to handle it for them.You have to consider insulation, maintenance of weather stripping on doors and windows, servicing the boiler/furnace, winterizing sprinkler systems, disconnecting garden hoses from hose bibs, and much more.It's very risky to manage rentals from a distance.

If I was you and I had access to the VA benefits, I would see a 4 unit property where I'd have my own space and then rent the other 3 units.

For me, if there is any change request less than 30 days from today then we cant refund any money.

Then I would ask the current tenant if they wanted to give the apartment up the day before  the new tenant's desired date and reimburse the current tenant for the number of days the new tenant paid.

If credit is good and you have a ton of cash, then you should buy. 

I like the idea of short/mid term rentals more then the long term...one big reason is not having to move all of his stuff...or at least being able to take my time.

I think we will eventually get the house and then we can decide what to do.So many choices down along the Oregon coast.

I am looking to move then into LLCs.