Marvin Rice that's kind of what I was thinking.

@Emily AllenYou have gotten some really good advice from @Rob Rice here.

Me and my wife are literally eating only rice, beans, frozen fruit from Costco, apples and bananas and saving every single penny we can to be ready.I am very motivated and I hope to meet real people do want I want to achieve and I can help them out while learning.

@Jean-Pierre Rice for smaller multis I would focus in my own backyard.

They seem to be on the Columbus real estate investor market like white on rice.

@Ben Rice As soon as you have to use "air quotes" to describe your plan I think we've hit on good ol' fashioned mortgage fraud ;-)  You're committing to make that your primary residence (for a period of time) and that's the intent of the FHA program.  

We lived like monks throughout school, eating rice and beans, riding our bicycles in the rain to class, traveling/sleeping in our Honda CRV for vacations, and working internships during the breaks to save for our downpayment.

One author I read (Patrick Rice) says when you sell, this fraction is the debt divided by the sales price.

I'm currently reading Ira Wealth by Patrick Rice.

That said, I agree with @Kyler Rice - the 30's and 40's are far rougher.