What you've said is definitely in line with what I assumed.

Bottom line, treat service members just like everyone else. 

All opinions appreciated.County Size: 150,000City Size: 40,000Unemployment: In line with USHousehold Income: $45,00010 Year Pop.

Wouldn’t hurt for the homeowner/seller to open the line of communication with Chase about their intentions to get the ball rolling.

I just finished the chapter on using home equity loans or lines of credit. 

If you have a home equity line do not work on that first as that money is probably the cheapest money you have right now.

DuplexC class rentalBoth 2 bed 1 bathTenents are in place but are c class tenents and are month to monthOne rents for $575 and the other $600Average rents are $650Asking price 119kHow much can I offer on this property to make it work?

I don't have the cash on hand to purchase, and I don't have financing lined up.  

Tax Benefits - I'm not an accountant, but depreciation against your top line income usually causes a net loss which can then be transferred over to your W2 income should you make less than $150k per year. 

After we started building we found that our neighbor’s house was 3 ft away from their lot line and they needed to buy 7 ft of our land to meet the city mandated 10 ft setback.