I am a medical doctor and a dad when not doing real estate.

I have been paying my other bills on time for years and have been keeping up on other recent medical bills. 

I will be working near the medical centers.

It's a hard pill to swallow, but I think as long as I'm not sinking money into a mortgage every month, I'll feel okay moving forward with hacking.  

I know there is no magic pill and that this will require some grit, but I want to make sure I am not one of the people you described above. :) I love this community, it has been so helpful and I am just getting started!

I would lock at pockets of properties near the schools, the medical center, airport, etc. 

Buy and hold, house flipping, wholesaling, small multi-family, lease options, land contracts, large multi-family, assisted living facilities, vacation rentals, corporate rentals, self storage, notes, mobile home parks, medical office buildings, turn key rentals, etc.Is your head spinning yet?

On top of this, I also receive $3,200 monthly from VA (medically retired Army) and $3,400 for being a full time student using my education benifits (both not taxable).

Each unit had a separate storage unit outside , plus one parking spot in driveway each.What we like about the property:1. very close proximity to Hospital (Federal and Provincial Gov't have committed to invest $125 Million into the hospital starting next year, with the intent that this hospital will be the central medical hub for the Cariboo Region - which is a region in British Columbia, Canada) This is big news, as this town has a population of about 25,000.2. 3-bedroom units have the lowest vacancy rate in the town at approx. 1.5%.3.

Where there is some additional questions are whether items like health insurance for myself and my wife (the premiums not the actual medical expenses) would be considered part of this overhead (in the past we HAVE NOT put this into the "cost allocated" calculations for Sch E but instead listed them in Sch A.