You can refinance as long as you are in the title.

College towns can be fantastic as long as the university is thriving.

@Juan AlvarezYou should be able to qualify for an FHA loan so long as you do not currently already have an FHA mortgage in your name.

No particular area as long as 40 miles from large MSA and relatively stable job market and sub 8% vacancy average

As long as you do a contract with serious students and they would be go by the rules of living in the unit, you should be fine.

I will probably use the VA loan again for another house, but just wanted to hear from people who may have been in my shoes so to speak on how I can maximize income for the next place if I PCS.I’ll probably hang onto the first home for as long as I can though the wife really wants to sell since she’s worried about the hidden costs that start happening as things age.

You can always ask and as long as it’s a bad enough deal they haven’t gotten any more offers maybe they’ll deal with you instead of looking at backup offers. 

You can get up to a four unit as long as you occupy one of them, just as you planned.

If so, the hit up every single local bank because they will be happy to help (as long as you have good credit history and if you are just starting out then they are stoked to see a separate steady source of income and not all reliant on the new investments).

Although you'll be adding more debt with each property your DTI should go down, as long as the properties cash flow well.