That means you will not be getting a housing allowance (BAH) until you either get married or promote to E-5 or E-6 (I'm Navy so I don't know which one for sure) which usually takes several years and at least one reenlistment. 

Choosing a non-REBNY member brokerage that's based deep inside an outer borough is not ideal for a co-op sale in Midtown (I won't even ask how much experience they have with co-op sales). 

Your rental half is reported on Schedule E. 1/2 of your housing expenses go against the rental (assuming the 2 units are equal size).

You should cold e-mail and cold-call professionals at real estate companies in your area to set up informal coffee chats and informational interviews but don't ask for a job and come with a list of questions.

Ideally, I would love to be able to pull out this cash to use to invest in RE as I would be able to control my return much more than I’m able to now.

So I’m looking at an ideal split level conversion property.

My partner and I spent a long time debating which bank had best but at the end of the day realized we are BRRRRing ideally and thus the refinancing numbers were ultimately more important. 

Hi Wei Cho, I deal with many out of state investors who love the Ohio market.

Not ideal for us.  

Ideally I'd like to do my first flip and have 2 rental properties under my belt by the end of 2020.I've been on BP for awhile now.