@Bradley Cumming  I am also a college student (21yrs old) and I hope to do the same thing within a year right near my university. 

My name is Bradley Cumming, and I am a freshman at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.My buddies and I are looking to start-up a real estate investment company that initially focuses on multi-families near our campus.

It has major universities near by and a growing mobile population.  

Im very interested in real estate, always have been since a young age. I am currently studying at Tuks.I am looking to buy my first property and am looking for experienced people who might give me valuable advice as t...

With 2 large universities and 2 fast growing, accredited colleges in a 10 mile radius this is pure rental market, and let me tell ya its fantastic. 

I looked at Davie for the place I just closed on in part b/c I know the campus of Nova Southeastern University is preparing to build a hospital soon.)  

ok thanks. i just wanted to clarify. because the person i heard this from was at a class about being a "raiser" to raise money for a loan or for a fund. and they were talking about raising money from accredited investors opposed to non-accredited. and the requirement to be accredited was that you needed to make $200k or more for 2 consecutive years in a row. and then the class also mentioned some things about refinancing certain deals. so i think this person was getting something mixed up and confused and combining the being an accredited investor with the refinance part. and i was trying to tell them that i think they are misunderstanding but they kept telling me i was wrong.any other responses / answers would be great.

Hi @James Carpenter, if you are an accredited investor, you can buy into institutional grade $50-125M projects with as little as $100,000 and diversify.

You can also invest in larger apartments via syndications if you're an accredited investor.

But, a bad deal cannot be fixed through financing.With that said, while you are focusing no financing, I'd like to know in what universe it makes sense to spend $100,000 for $925/month of rent...?