My and my soon to be wife both graduated college at the same time and we make a combined $150k/year ($75k each) We are still living at home with our parents to save money, and we want to build wealth in real estate. 

With so little inventory and bid wars , and hundreds of showings of each property to some fake buyer who never intends to buy house, I don't think Erics in this game are in any particular disadvantage compared to "licensed" REAs (licensed is in quotation marks,  since a lot of people seem to put too much significance into obtaining it, as if it was a law degree from Ivy League school).

Hello, I am a Texas A&M student, soon to graduate and take a job in Dallas.

The towns are having to spend money on infrastructure, school, and general growth related headaches due to the population explosion.

I'm a student athlete at OU wrapping up my undergrad this fall, with plans to pursue grad school soon.

They moved, as renters, into our suburban neighborhood in 2019 for the schools given that their first child was starting kindergarten. 

If I wait to post the house till the renovations are complete I probably wont be able to have someone move in till September 1st which is past when schools gets in session.

Since I need to think about sending my daughter school in a couple of years, I want to start with duplex.

Neighborhoods and schools may be more important than cashflow so your strategy may have some holes.

We made a deal that they would stay in school and graduate and that the 19 year old could sign the lease.