A couple questions: 1) What's the primary why you're finding the deals? 

Look into buying your primary residence at every base you PCS to throughout your career; it's a great way to build a portfolio, especially with your VA loan.

I know you can only take a HELOC on a primary residence, and only take a construction loan BEFORE construction starts.

My work keeps me out of area  so we rented our primary residence in Great Falls, no not the swank part of Great Falls. 

One thought about financing the downpayment is that if you levered up the practice, had negative cash flow on the mixed use property and then things didn't go as planned at the second location it could threaten your primary practice.

My main concern is what is your explanation for the high vacancy with below market rents situation?

We just closed last week on our first property: a quad on the North Side, which will be our primary residence.  

Sell the property and pump the proceeds into my primary residence.Any advise or suggestions would be greatly welcomed!

Hi After absorbing the knowledge and mindset of investor for awhile ,  I started to aware that primary residency is not considered  a good asset .

Who is your primary tenant population: students, workers at a local institution or factory, retail workers, working poor, etc.?