Will it be wood or gas?

Deployments are great for stocking up a nice chunk of cash if you can avoid blowing it all on port calls (the inside of a bar in Thailand looks pretty similar to one in the States) and the inevitable post-deployment sports car buying spree (you'll see them sitting in the parking lot 3 months later when folks can't afford the payment, insurance, and gas).One of the hull managers (government civilian who manages shipyard repairs) I used to work with started out as a junior Hull Tech, saved like crazy so she could start investing, invested over the course of a 30 year career as she eventually pick up Warrant, and now has a multi-million dollar rental portfolio. 

I use my bank credit card for gas, and my capital one card for groceries/food.

Maybe this is the biggest one: $2200 a month for the gas guys from that one apt is a huge part of your return  How stable is that?

As an example, you may have a hard time doing any business as a gas station property expert that only sells in a certain zip code (there wouldn't be enough volume).  

Diverse industries - Finance, airlines, oil & gas, etcLimited geographic barriers to new development & economic successLarge institutional investment across MF, retail, office and industrial.

Same story in Texas, IT is huge here especially with the concentration of the Oil and Gas industry.

The current owner pays gas, water and trash.

In Philadelphia, unpaid gas and water bills can be a headache at closing.

I'm thinking of renting the apartment I'm currently working on utilities included since I don't have house electric, gas, or water so that I can add a coin op washer/dryer in the basement.