For those that chose to buy a home at a duty station they then have to decide to sell when they are transferred or hold on to the property.

If you have experience using any of the tech platforms like Blend, Floify then thats a plus, if not that's fine too.

I've seen clients live upstairs and rent out the basement on Airbnb, so you get the best of both worlds, privacy and your own space while the lucrativeness of Airbnb, so you can definitely live for free or close to it with this strategy. 3) Combo - you can easily do both strategies if you find a house with a walkout basement or separate entrance to the basement, and if you and your significant other are willing, you can Airbnb the basement and then rent out the rooms upstairs.

Pick an area that you want to specialize in, and then work on it hard! 

He’s been working on a rehab, he did a little bit of the work and then just stopped doing the work then started getting hard to reach.

After 2 to 3 years, depending on where interest rates may be then, my partner and I can then look at refi opportunities and at that point, hopefully the property has appreciated somewhat, such that we can then pull out (a. the private loan, b. the downpayment we both put in and c. plus a little bit of capital gains)....

Very reliable and flexible rates are often more competitive then brokerage lenders or banks.

If it was a $500k home that needed $150k repairs and would be worth $800k-900k ok makes sense, if its a $30k home needing $100k in repairs to be worth $150k then absolutely not.One thing to point out, who did the framing in that basement? 

Then how is cash flow looked at - monthly / annuallyFor example your cash flow in July is -1000 but in August is 800, you are in the red but do they get a percent of August to put you further in the red?

So you can simply call the VA and ask what entitlements were and then figure it out......but why?