Lifestyles Unlimited also has a good program if you're looking to get into buy and hold.

For some those numbers could be very realistic they live in a very low priced market were they can buy a primary home for 150 to 250k and live a modest lifestyle dont have a bunch of kids are not saving for collage educations and currently have never paid for their own health insurance or 100% funded their own IRAs every year etc etc.

It depends on your goals, your personal budget, your other income sources (if any), your personal lifestyle, and so much more.My recommendation?

And engineers do not like politics and most of us are actually more into "traditional lifestyle".

It's a great balance to REI and provides some good lifestyle advice....Again - welcome to the community and reach out if you end up PCS'ing to CO. 

It's up to you and obviously, the sale isn't purely profit driven, but also lifestyle driven.

You just need to figure out what works for you, your lifestyle and your goals. 

Duplexes in this area are around 200k if house-hacking fits your family's life style.  

I am honest to myself and have 20+ years of experience with a variety of long term rentals and investments but having seen many many short term rental managers do what they do I know I’d fail and it certainly wouldn’t be a lifestyle I would enjoy. 

Of course, as long as they don’t base their lifestyle and retirement on it