Quote from @John Lee: Hi all,My name is John and I'm a recent college grad about to start a Masters (SF/San Jose Area home base in California).

Is there a hospital or a college around? 

Purchase price: $200,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Duplex bought FHA out of college, house hacked

2019 Goals: My last year in College- $10K in savings (Not Accomplished)- All A's (Not Accomplished)- Church every Sunday (Not Accomplished)- Read Bible every morning (Not Accomplished)- Read 20 minutes every day (Accomplished)- Go to Chilis 11 times only (Accomplished.

I'm currently a college student, so I don't make a lot of money.

With three colleges in Abilene, I think it is a great market for investors.

So when I first started, I literally made a spreadsheet of how investing in real estate was better for college planning than 529 plan.

that sits right on the parade routes, a block from the college campus, and block from a bunch of restaurants and bars. 

The Innovation Campus will house Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business graduate program with an emphasis on entrepreneurial startups and other master’s programs in engineering and computer science.

Consider a market that you visit often, have family in, went to college at, spent time in the past.You will have a better sense of what the good / bad parts of town are compared to a city you never visited.Best of Luck!