@Clay ManshipI've thought about that route with the multi-family.

-They have backwards priorities -They are professionals and know they will get several more months out of the home even after you file for evection-They are simply bad with managing their money-Something changed in their lives and they can no longer afford to live there/ need to save money to get into the next place-They bit off more than they could chew initially (similar to being bad at managing money but more future budget related)The people that do pay are regular people who want a decent place to live and respect how the system works. 

They are like costco, no price adjustments, regular joe and contractor price is the same (most place vary discount by volume).

You really need to be on top of them on a regular basis and make sure that you have everything done that they require.  

. #2, by using the lender they work with regularly, they can be confident that the deal will go smoothly.

This way, you'll get regular emails of the latest listings that come available on the MLS. 4: Using the MLS listings as a guide, your next step would be to drive through some of these zipcodes to find stuff that isn't listed on the MLS but are listed by various sellers.Yes, quite a bit of work but if you're serious about finding something in the metro area, you can.

Newbie military investors (which I still consider myself to be one) really need to understand what may go wrong in real estate because they are in the military such as PCSing (especially shortly after arriving to a new area) and having strategies to deal with it, deployment/surge deployments (also something that us Navy folk call an Individual augmentee or IA), landlording at a distance or landlording in general, and overseeing rehabbing without being able to visit the job site on a regular basis. 

if you took a different route.. it would be interesting to know about as well. 

I went to look at a house today with my realtor and he regularly works with investors.

You can go the route of private financing and rate and term refinance that if the property is taken off the market.