Her reasoning is that she put it in her schedule and she could have accepted other cleaning jobs. 

I have been reading the online resources about getting started, searching the market, and even doing tours, but I am hesitant to jump in and buy a house as I have quite a large amount of student debt.

There are plenty of varying job opportunities in the real estate industry.Ask yourself: What skills do you have?

The public searches are pretty limited in scope for a true investor. 

I’m currently in the process of searching for my first property, which I hope to house hack and eventually convert into a long-term rental. 

Quote from @Matt McNabb: I'm a solid $400k/yr job in NYC and have $250k to begin investing as my first step into building a portfolio, although I don't have time to be a landlord so I have to account for management fees.  

Where another issue arrises is I recently quit my job after becoming pregnant as they would not cover my maternity while overseas, my husband is employed however he works for a UK company and is British so would be unlikely to help us with the situation in the US.

I actually prefer some of these search and map features over the MLS.And those that think they can save $$ on commissions will be disappointed.

Employment Growth Outpacing Housing SupplyBuffalo leads the nation in the ratio of new jobs to new homes permitted.

How do I search for this?