I admit that being in my neck of the woods sometimes makes me scratch my head at some of the West Coast policies.

I have a lot of questions about owning and renting out a house.Background: I am going to commission as a 2nd Lt in the Air Force and am heading to San Antonio (Randolph AFB) for training.

Thanks for that heads up.

It is also public record.Also just to give you a heads up, the foreclosure market has also gotten much more competitive.  

Heading to the meet in Temecula tomorrow hope it's still on I haven't herd anything!

It was our first auction, I was so psyched to win, though we did bid up slightly higher than we wanted to (I know, not good, but I did quick math in my head and decided to keep going and fortunately what I decided would be my final bid was the winning one).

Trust your gut as much as your head about what they are telling you.Heres my list of priority's. 1) Get to know your finances. 

Start young, you're heading in the right direction. 

I do my own taxes and this always has me scratching my head.

Picked this tip up from The book on investing in real estate for no (and low) money down by Brandon Turner himself.Lastly, I have head of 1% loans in AZ but they require a high credit score (above 700) so as not to produce sub prime loans..still a little worrisome with that kind of leverage in my opinion ..but I digress.Hope this helps!