I grew up in Brentwood so Bayshore was just a skip away.In regards to the finders fee, what exactly are you providing in terms of service?

Chris, the basics of any loan (and the attractiveness to the lender) come down to two main factors....cash flow (aka net profit, income, debt service) and asset coverage (aka net worth, ARV, secondary support, LTV).

The online screening service I use requires the tenant to pay them directly.

Considering we are young, and I am in the military, I would like to do 20 years in service and be able to get out and live comfortably.

There's info on this all over the web.

What Karen Mikolainis said - if you put it all down into a spreadsheet, I think you may find that renting where you NEED to live and investing where you WANT to may make the best sense - and will more than cover up the need to pay for the services of a good property manager and others - if you follow the deals to where the money is.Also, being remote will free you from being emotionally and time-wise consumed in management of your property/ies.I second that.

Make sure you have your team together, and do your research, and you'll be fine.Good luck and thank you for your continued service!

They aren't in business to provide a public service so that others don't have to do the work to find listings or pre foreclosures, and pull comps.

I live in Los Angeles and the numbers just don't make sense here for cash flow to me.Some technologies/resources I use when evaluating some property are City-Data, Trulia, Zillow, Google Street View (to drive the town), City Tax Assessors web site, Realquest, Angie's List (a must!)

What about businesses that take a holistic approach and service all three needs?