I will preface this my saying both my husband and I work full time and have stable incomes.  

@Devin E. shoot me a message and I'll send you some recommendations.

@Toyin Dawodu The book "be a real estate millionaire" by D e a n G r a z i o s i  is a good book and lays it out there pretty well.

I agree with @Devin E. 

Trying to squeeze too much juice out of the deal.

Now they are all bombed out worthless shells.People are moving downtown, midtown, corktown, and a few more stable and good neighborhoods. 

@Philip E. 

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But it is extremely hard to get anywhere with him, from asking where we are at with talking to seller agents, to even asking simple questions and having to send 2 or 3 e-mails over a few days in order to get a response.

You are looking at military bases because of predictable and stable employment over the long term.