The main caveat with that is you may be limited on how much rental income you can use from your departing primary residence (the house you are buying now) when you go to buy the next one, unless it is at least 100 miles away. 

This would allow me to have smaller payments on my primary residence.

For military folks moving a lot, owning for a long time might be a bit tricky, but there are options like selling or getting someone reliable to take care of your property.

Care to share the beds / bath / sq ft?

But ultimately, best advice I have gotten is to be a fair and firm landlord and take good care of your properties.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

With the roof replaced already and will go ahead and make some assumptions that the water heater and a/c are fairly new as well.

I agree with @Michael Baum and @Sarah KensingerWhat you will gain on name recognition from the big company name will be lost by people fearing that a big name company is unable to care for their property as a smaller company can.The loss of marketing and accounting systems can be replaced by hiring a company like Vintory and a Bookkeeper through a CPA. 

I am planning to buy another house as the primary residence and rent my current one out.

In the future, consider getting permission in writing via text or email.Most people don't care, and the pictures usually aren't detailed enough for a viewer to see anything personal like documents, family photos, etc.