Given your mobility for duty posts you can really ramp up your real estate portfolio while serving.Every time they got stationed somewhere they would purchase a property to live in using their VA and house hack.

My leases end up looking a lot more like a NNN lease than a standard tenancy one. 

Also ask, when you submit the plans does the city give a hard time on all the stuff or just a couple things. 

One of the benefits is that being on the loan can help build his credit, which will be valuable for his future financial goals.

So if you purchased one 4-plex each year, after 10 years you would have about $12K per month in cash flow.

Some people like Yardi and some like the next one. 

I was one of the few lucky ones with Safeguard as I was able to take over the management of the loan and modify it and then got a payoff.

We didn't do every building all at once but over time converted one building then another. 

I just signed on with one of my rental properties.

If you're going the live in flip route - one great option would be to go with a low money down owner occupied loan to fund your next purchase.