Before I had my medical problems i had experience in construction management and real estate brokerage licensing so the basic learning was fairly easy.

Service members receive a basic allowance for housing (BAH,) that is commensurate with the location and their rank, as part of their compensation. 

Would I have to find a company in the area that I find the deals and drive out there every time I want to close?

If you have 110k into the house and get 1300 in rent then you meet it . 1% of purchase price of 110k is 1100 and you are over that .. but that’s kind of a basIc preliminary for a quick reference because now you start looking at expenses .

I was a little surprised how much the operating costs really are when I try and project what I'll need in 10 years to not have to pay out of pocket for big expenses plus the basic outflow (lawn, lic fees, termite inspections, insurance, taxes...)Here's my question, the property nets 1500 per month after I pull everything out.

Top Ramin, spagettios, pasta, cereal, basically eat cheap, no deserts, no soda, alcohol, dinning out, etc... 

I found this FAQ helpful for research purposes on basic questions I had:https://www.trustetc.com/resources/education/faqs

Wasn't that basically what Al Pacino said in "Scarface"?  

I asked about getting set up and the leads and he basically told me I need to be patient and "all will be revealed" in the future.

@Felicia Richardson I basically just found neighborhoods with duplexes that I felt matched my criteria (safe, in reasonable shape, strong rents in areas that were either growing or would remain stable), used Zillow/Google Maps to help get the addresses for all duplexes those neighborhoods, and then typed the addresses into the county assessors website (not sure if your county will have a site that allows you to search properties by address, but ours does).