I'm a real estate investor and active duty Navy officer in Florida, and I'm moving to San Diego in the Fall.

I spend most of my time as an Active Duty Pilot, but when I have free time, I have been looking for any suitable properties to start out with and any community functions with like minded individuals.

What about attending sales meetings, going to company training events, phone duty, etc.There is a slight chance that your local MLS might allow you to join as an individual once you renew your license but that is rare from what I’ve heard and varies state to state.

This training will be 6 months long until I move again which is why I figured I would ask the question here.Should I look at buying a house in Newport, RI to basically Live-in/rent while I am in training to then turn it into a rental property once I move on to my next duty station or should I just wait until I get to my duty station after schooling? 

I'm currently active duty military and I would like to use my VA home loan to acquire a Multi- Family property.

There are days I have to work late, stay all day and the various Navy related duties but like I mentioned earlier would like experience/exposure while helping out/not being a burden.My wife and I have two rental properties and our primary residence so I'm not completely new to the world of real estate but when it comes to investing I'd consider myself a newbie.

Of course you could work for a property management company that already exists as an agent and do a good bit, show properties, sign leases, and other agent only duties... but if you want to open your own, you will have to work under a broker for 2 years and become a broker yourself.

Because we are dependant, for the most part, on word of mouth recommendations it is vital that our recommendations are valid.

I'm active duty military with a deployment a couple months away, so this is a factor in my strategy.

I am active duty, currently stationed up in the PNW and I have a rental property in DC.