Disclaimer: I'm not a tax professional and this is not official tax advice.

Disclaimer: I'm not a tax professional and this is not official tax advice.

Second, consider joining a local real estate investment club in your area to network with other real estate investors and professionals locally.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

A lot of times people have no social skills in these situations.

I would love to talk to and meet like minded individuals and professionals in the real estate field!

I’m an experienced real estate professional.

First off, what is your skill set. 

I'm in a career field where I am likely to have multiple NCR assignments, and have many friends and colleagues there, so I should have some advantages finding quality tenants (possibly myself if I catch another assignment in the area).Budget: I'd prefer to keep it to a no down payment VA loan, which caps me around $680K, but I could put some additional down if i find a particularly good deal.Area: I'm targeting a SFM home  or townhouse in Arlington, Alexandria, or Falls Church (short commute to Pentagon and FT Belvoir), which I can rent easily to upper end military families or local professionals.

If you have the skills to fix it yourself I’d suggest buying the worst house you think you can live in and have the skills to fix as your primary home.