See what qualifications people are looking for and do what you have to in the meantime to produce income while you're studying. 

In 2019, I launched my own revenue management agency to help Airbnb owners boost their income and achieve greater returns on their short-term rental properties.

It doesn't matter what your rental income is.Anyone could buy in your neighborhood and make a STR.

Income taxes are a lot higher on rental income. 

One thing to add is that when you buy a new build, your PITI will likely not be factoring in the correct state tax number.

@Augusta Owens here's some copy & paste info you won't find in a book:)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

The land assessment value is on the tax assessor's site in every county, but that doesn't hold a ton of relevance in my opinion.

He abandoned trying to scale.Learning from this experience when my partner and I decided we wanted to double our net income, we realized it would take a increase of 2 1/2 time our volume and probably need to triple our deal flow.  

STR income: $130K/year.

The banks thought I was a dead beat because of my debt to income ratio.