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Need Advice. Military Officer looking to buy third house.

TL;DR: Should I buy a third house or not?

Hello everyone. 32/M with 13 years in the military. Military income is $115k/yr with $40k untaxed every year. Sometimes $65k untaxed during heavy deployments. Looking to buy a third house in my area.

Background: All homes in the Florida Panhandle, couple miles from the beach. No debt besides mortgage and AMEX 2 year personal loan ($6k, 0% INT).

Assets: Home 1: $70k in equity. (purchased 1/16, refinanced out of VA loan this week (Owe $207k, mortgage ~$1200/mo, 3.25% INT). I rent it short term the six months of every year (I deploy a lot) Income last year: $29k before mortgage payments.

Home 2: Co-owned by myself and business partner(Owe $134k, worth $170k, $950/mo, 5% INT) Short term rental: Rented 75% in off-season, 90% in season. First year, but even through COVID, we haven't paid a mortgage payment yet. If I do, it will be half due to partnership.

Home 3: Potential ~$420k custom built home on the water (VA Loan, 0% down) on the water. My dream home we will build and live in. ($2,100 mortgage). After land and build at $150/sq ft we will have around $30k in equity if we do it right. Fiance makes $55k with $10k balance on car loan (3%).

HURRICANE INSURANCE ON ALL PROPERTIES

$40k in cash $50-80k (#COVID) in stock $100k in ROTH IRAs 50% Pension when I retire in 8 years.

Plan is to buy the third home, live in it and rent out home 2 full time. If rented at 65% for $125/nt after expenses I would net $7k-9k. Brand new roof being installed this month so I won't have any major overhead unless something goes very south. New AC planned in 2-3 years.

I can afford the mortgage on the new home, and realistically if I didn't invest anything, I could afford all three mortgages and bills indefinitely but it would suck... I'm putting about 30% of my income away into retirement funds each month.

Question: Am I stretching myself too thin or have I thought about this enough and I'm just being a worry wart? The only upcoming expenses I have is a nice ring and wedding which will be funded by us because we are way better off than any of our immediate family and wouldn't put that burden on them.

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