How you proceed will depend on a few factors:- financing will depend on your exit strategy - you'll be best off if you can decided the exit plan (LTR, MTR, or STR) before buying- Since you're not employed and living on savings, what is your burn rate and your cash runway?

I am able to put an extra payment on the principle every year in order to chip away at it early on, but i plan on getting out of the military around the back end of 2025.

In either case, you'd need to plan for a 15-20% minimum down payment depending on which route you choose to go. 620+ FICO.

I plan on rehabbing the entire property to BRRRR or flip it.

Also check out your local chapter of NARPM if you plan to manage houses.  

He has some interesting plans and his houses sell for premium $/sq ft.rosschapin.com

Not sure if it'd be of interest to you, but a buddy and I built software that helps RE pros find and close more off-market properties through real-time, custom intent signals like probates, pre-foreclosures, code violations, and eviction notices.

If this is a money saving plan it’s a horrible one.

If you plan on starting slowly with handwritten letters, it's pretty easy to manage and you can use a free CRM like HubSpot just fine.

While it would impact some business plans more than others,  its probably possible to function with 5-10% a year rent increases allowed and vacancy decontrol,   but if we get the more extreme variety like what the far left wants  (inflation or less for increases,   no vacancy decontrol,  etc)  it will be bad.