The military tends to leave enlisted in place for 4 years, where officers tend to move more regularly, so again, that helps our tenant-stay period. 

I don't have much investing experience either, but I work with a few of them on a regular basis.

Maybe a banker can chime in, but regular payments on the student loans even if it's like $50 a month based on IBR may look better than deferred.

Not to just save a few dollars because I'm managing them all myself, and now I work twice as much as I did when I had a "regular job"

When you receive GV calls on your cell phone, do you still also get calls from your regular phone number.

If you believe that regular content on your site equals huge rankings then you're going to be disappointed.

Please keep looking and learning, all the while, doing everything you can to get your credit score onto a good footing (including regular SAVING - every pay day), and the do-able deals will come.

Don't forget to include all the things for  a multi like lawn, snow, any regular fees that you would not have in a SF rental. 

Going through the regular channels to find good deals in going to be tough in a very hot market. 

In all other ways the deal is structured like a regular rental lease with the tenant covering repairs under a certain number (150, 250, whatever, point is to keep you from being nickel and dimed over little trailer repairs, toilets, faucets etc.) and the park owner covers major repairs.