I am 22 years old, and I have been working in the finance industry since I graduated from college(18 months ago) Originally, I was looking to house hack a 3 family home. 

Between oil/gas, tech, telecom, space, military contracting, and other strong industries, we are doing very well.

There are TONS of scams in this industry.

This is what I am encountering, in the current Mortgage Industry.

Unfortunately, there is no industry standard for how rebuilding estimates are determined and companies are not regulated to a single style.  

I am currently in the construction industry but am in the process of getting my real estate license, hopefully within the next week.

I graduated in May of 2015 and have been working in the industry for the last 2 years.

I wanted to learn more about the industry since I haven't done a deal yet, I wanted to have access to the MLS and I wanted to network with other investors and be able to offer something of value to them.  

Well, you'd have to check with the city planning first since you can usually "backfit" residential into most other types of zoning (save industrial).Then I'd think I'd just buy it as is and then figure out const financing afterwards.

Over the past 5 years, I have seen industry & population growth in Columbus explode, and effectively it has raised our housing prices.House hacking is a great way to get started!