My two cents: get a job and HUSTLE right out of school and create some income and save up some capital.

Quote from @Treza Edwards: I would be looking at this as a market-dependent change.

If the unit is empty, change the locks, clean it, and get it rented.

Instead, investing should be a means to taking care of our needs and improving our life style.

Im hoping to find an investor to help me buy the lot next to mine so i can move up from doing tax deeds.. if not i have my next lot picked out and will continue to invest in them while i fix my credit and learn more on investing.. i have always wanted to be successful in life but drugs and bad choices have kept me from it.. now im proud to say there is nothing that will stand in my way of realizing my dreams Just following up.

Setting up an LLC may allow for deductible expenses, and investing in municipal bonds could provide tax-free interest.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Fort Collins did it since the 1960s and only recently created a law against it because of rent rates.

More than doubling in one day did change that a bit, but I am glad I have it and hope it is never needed.I advocate those who have significant assets have the protection necessary to protect those assets.  

I did not do a separate criminal background check as I trusted the info from Zillow (Big lesson learned never to trust the Zillow data again in life).

These policies also cover you in all other areas of life like car accidents as well.