It depends on your family and desired lifestyle. 

As long as you break even or are cash flowing your DTI will stay nice and healthy.

For example, personally, with the exception of some basic human needs (food, freedom, health care), I don't want to be forced to subsidize anyone else's lifestyle.

A declining market depending on the speed and strength would not be healthy for flippers.

Investing while in the military is one of the best decisions you can make, and will make your transition out much smoother knowing that you have built a portfolio of cash-flowing properties to help fund your lifestyle and possibly dive into full-time if you so choose.I highly recommend looking into "Active Duty Passive Income" and connecting with those fine men and women who are investing heavily while still on Active duty.Based on your budget, I would personally recommend saving as much as you can for now and using this period of time to learn as much as you can.

Troy Thornhill, Owner, Healthy Home Inspections

My goal ultimately is to determine which investing strategy best suits my lifestyle and skills.

And a healthy cash flow is going to improve the other metrics.

Also I have a great start on retirement through my pension, and a healthy portion of my check going to other investments, so the diversity of my portfolio is very attractive. 

I reduced my lifestyle expenses to where I could live decently on $1200-1750 a month (rented rooms in my house, paid off my car, stopped eating out, paid off my phone, etc.)