Be sure your debt ( credit cards, auto loans, store card ) are 40 % or less. 3 0% would be even better.

I've also been reading Chad Carson's Retire Early With Real Estate and am fascinated by the concepts and stories of other real estate investors.At the beginning of 2016 I took control of my finances and aggressively paid my way out of $25k worth of credit card and student loan debt (huge "thank you" to the Personal Finance subreddit for being a fantastic resource).

The variable loan is linked to an offset account and my expenses are funded via credit cards.

I am currently in the military amd have two kids and a wife I will be getting out in a year and a half right now I am renting and paying a lot I am thinking about buying a house in California and staying there for the rest of my contract with the Navy so that way I can get my first property to eventually be my first single family rental I want to use the va home loan to do it so that way after I get out  of the Navy I can rent that house out and after I get out stay with my brother up in Washington for alittle get settled into my new job as an electrition while renting that first property out get another property through the va home loan do you think this is a good plan and I am allitle scared to start this process because I am in a decent amount of debt from cars and credit cards and it scares me to put myself in more debt 

We like the numbers in zip-code Y, Z, and Q, because asset values appear low compared to nearby zip codes with access to similar quality of schools and transportation.

For instance, if a potential mentor seems to complain a lot about not having time to create flyers, business cards, or keep their social media content updated, if you have the time and knowledge you could offer to fill that need.  

You already know they aren't going to buy that house since another offer will be accepted before they finish getting preapproved (or even finding their tax returns), but they don't know that, and that isn't the point even if the poorly planning FTHB doesn't know it... the point is to talk to them, point out EVERY SINGLE flaw in the house so they see that you're on their team, show your value, and make sure you mention to them that most of your business is based on word of mouth referrals, please keep you in mind when your friends are talking about buying/selling, here's a few business cards.

Imagine borrowing against your credit card to make your mortgage payment each month.

The town’s property card assesses the property at $130,100 and lists the sale price at $132,525, five years ago.

Zero debt, zero credit, no credit cards, no loans.