You could offer to lease with an option with the understanding that you are going to assign the deal once you have equitable interest in the property.

You could get very lucky, but few will take a chance on someone with no experience.

If a seller here can afford to wait it out and pay for certain things like closing, title insurance, and simple repairs; you can't offer a low price because they would not take you serious and you can lose your chance.  

If the bank owns the mortgage in-house you will probably have a much better chance of success trying to work with them. 

So I'm glad to know I have a good chance at making that a part of my portfolio down the road.  

All those PCS moves can be rough but it can also give you a chance to get invested in a couple different markets.

Their is a wealth of information on the forums and chances are someone else has already been in a situation similar to yourself.

Just on the topic of credit cards, you should listen to Dave Ramsey's podcast whenever you get a chance.

Your chances of finding a bank that will lend to you on something like this if you don't have money of your own for a downpayment are slim.

The chances of you finding a buyer for a higher price than could be gotten off of MLS is slim, unless you have some ignorant buyers.