I found out the hard way that if you are literally within 100 miles of a property you already own, then FHA will NOT give you a loan.Here's what you can do.Wait until you get to your next duty station and then use the fha loan  orGet a loan through Navy Federal Credit Union (You do not have to be in the Navy, you simply need to be on active duty in any branch of the military or honorably discharged)....yes they will let you go zero down with no PMI and you can use it while you have a VA loan in place.

Looking to grow and scale so I would be open to collaborating, partnering, or simply making friends.

Of course by buying it off the market through these mailers at under value costs (either 70% rule or the 2% rule) or just simply wholesaling the 4 plex that i can get under contract at a good deal to local investors.

I file taxes in Canada, so looking at the US market would simply mean filing again, but I imagine that's nothing too complex for an accountant to advise on.

You don't want your taxes cutting into your cash flow drastically! 

Would i simply ask the mortgage place if Refinance?   

@Breynan Hammons I was simply stating the values have risen a lot since the bottom but we are still not at the prices of 2008 and that the market has many differences now vs then.

It is simply another term for bank owned property that was already foreclosed on.One is not better than the other.

Missing shingles and roofing leaks seems to be a common problem, which is easy to spot simply driving through these neighborhoods.

I simply rounded up to the nearest 1000.so if the payment was 1200, I paid 2k  if it was 1800 I paid 2k... set it up on auto pay and forget it.when the crash happened ..