Buying a rental property in Collage?

[Mike Bereck]

I live close(about 35 minutes) from where I will be going to school here in a couple of months.  My mom would like me to stay on campus all of the years I go to college but my dad isn't so big on that.  I was thinking after the first year, I would use the money I would spend on staying on campus and use that to buy a rental property?  Would you advise someone like me to do that?  Would it be smart for someone like me to do that with no real-life experience buying a home?  If I do buy the rental, I would stay at home so I could earn the extra income form the rental.  Let me know.