I'm no expert but will provide some thoughts as I am looking to contribute to this forum more as I am about to stand up my first 3 vacation rentals, and this place has been very motivating and helpful.1) Your primary is not related to your second home, so remove it from the equation and solve that problem.First I would ask if your loan holder if you can get an appraisal to remove your PMI.

Problems that you can solve are what makes money for you where others got scared away. 

I wasn't too happy at first, but when we started noticing that we got better at solving the problems day after day until finally the project was complete.

To give you an idea of the difficulty, here's a little chart:There are several resources online how to solve a TSP, but honestly it's a lot more headache than it's actually worth. 

My proposal is the following: allow the local real estate market surrounding the bases and investors to solve the problem (i.e., capitalism).The 2019 FY DoD budget for Family Housing Operations and Maintenance was >$58 million.

A professional property manager will eliminate these hassles by proactively handling tenants’ requests or complaints, including after-hours emergencies, solving maintenance issues, and preventing any HOA violations.Labor and parts are expensive.

Subprime mortgage crisis indicatorsFrom the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Maxmilian Schmeiser and Matthew Gross reviewed over 20 million subprime loans from 2008-2014 to discover clues that lead to re-default and eventually foreclosure.After the financial crisis, they found that most mortgages were taken back by the bank (REO), sold at a loss (short sale), or sold at foreclosure auctions.In their study, they looked closely at loan modifications that enabled homeowners in default to renegotiate their loan to more favorable terms.

Very excited to make a career change and help solve more problems for people.In your early days what are some fun stories you could share about some of your first few transactions?

No clue what any of that was when I jumped into these "deals" a few years ago.

If it's listed ask the agent if they have a clue on who to contact to get your offer accepted or not.Find out who the lender is - If it is local, be happy.