It was the first neighborhood in the Atlanta area, where African Americans were allowed to own property, so it has history.

@Adam Myers - Yes, figure out the asset class you plan to play in, find the big players in your market doing what you want to do, go out of your way to provide them immense value, expect nothing in return and sooner or later, one of them will take you under their wing. 

. :) @Mike Williams this is immensely helpful.

You don't need 20% down depending on the loan type you use, so, also finding a great lender on your team will help immensely.

I have South African family.

I started a South African virtual assistant company with a friend of mine called Scale My Workforce.

I'm based in South Africa but used to work in DC back in 2014 (miss the states :) )I'm now looking to expand/diverse my South African portfolio by investing in first world countries i.e.

You hear that a lot, especially when you're still in school, but with real estate, there are immense options for growing your network with any and everyone!

I have a zoo of animals at my house including 2 large dogs (2 cats, 2 tortoise, 3 chickens, many frogs and lizards, 1 snake, large aquarium of African cichlids).  

We are definitely immensely under the $25K value as we have not really purchased anything specific to the rentals.