I am 22, recently out of college and have been at my job for about a month.

I too am an engineer; bought my first house soon after university and house hacked to my college friends.

I'm Luke, a 24 year old carpenter and college graduate looking to get into the real estate game.

In fact, not only will they buy me the house (paying the mortgage) but they can pay for my retirement contribution, purchase me a new car, pay for my annual vacations, my medical insurance, my kids college tuition.

No college taught me that.  

I currently live in Boston, MA, but my brother lives in Whitehall and works at Moravian College.  

They aren't bad or anything but it's not a college level textbook, it's more of a casual read giving you the basics.

Also, for economic purposes, by placing home in LLC (a business), children will be elgible for more college financial aid since the business assets for a closely held company with few employees are exempt/not counted under federal financial aid laws but are counted when it is our personal name.  

This is a college town, as well, with some 30,000 students attending the University of Kentucky and thousands more attending smaller schools.

In the alternative, instead of funding a 529 plan, you could purchase a rental property now and use that to fund college.