I appreciate any and all information and I’m grateful to finally have an opportunity to be on this side of the fence.

I finally decided to take some action.

Finally, there is me, I'm a Realtor and the deal finder.

First time landlord and I finally rented out my NJ property! 

School has finally started.

I finally decided to take some action.

You make your money when you buy.To learn more on this, I would buy David Greene's book called Long-Distance Real Estate Investing and jump to chapter 8 before making a final decision on purchasing a turn-key property.

We finally received a email back saying they can’t do anything because theres a eviction hold in Maryland.

they have delayed a ton and have inconsistent financials  we are finally at a precipice where i think I have a deal and can pitch to investors and im confident in the numbers. 

With that, technically when you separate or are discharged from active duty you CAN (not saying he will, depends on his home of record and where's he's moving etc) receive a set of orders that state your current duty station to your final location.