I am familiar with Dublin and Grove City, but would love to learn of other area.I would say a blend- Cash flow is key and ideally would like a property to appreciate to some degree.

We also have a son that will be going to the University of Arizona and our thoughts, assuming this is a wise choice, is to do the same there.

Doesn’t solve the problem of budget but it would help solve stupid (to a degree at least).

Locally, FB is an excellent way to reach more potential renters, I'd start with the "NWA Rentals" group and "University of Arkansas Parents"Agree with the other comments that you need a better PM, if you don't mind the part of the work you're currently doing, you could leverage a local investor to help you show properties. 

Looks like you had it coming to some degree.

@Amani Abdel-Dayem welcome to real estate universe!

Whatever they had to do to put all these moving parts together and make them viably work to some degree, tells me about their business mentality and possibilities for future success.

I came across eCornell University Cert Program and saw two programs that stood out for me, Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Development. 

So now we have conditioned when a person leverages self to the gill's, taken on mountains of debt and the grand some of there career is waiting tables or making coffee and some toilet-paper degree that a bajillion others also have, and maybe a few years experience at best. 

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