My goal is to find a cash-flow-positive rental property that I can manage while finishing my degree, setting the foundation for a real estate portfolio I plan to grow steadily over time.

I received a bachelors degree from Mercyhurst University and have wrestled from pre-school all the way through college. 

Your disposition may be to move forward with that as i believe i read in your introduction - but not needed to understand and develop some degree of comfortability.  

BofA, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, TI plants, Global Wafers plant, etc. 

Bam, now I can in fact somewhat speak "in general," and I can say that with a fair degree of confidence BECAUSE I've zoomed into that one thing.

They will try to cut the FED prime rate, increase tariffs, and shake up global trade.

I takes a substantial degree of work and ability.

Keep in mind, no matter how many round trips you do with entitlements you will always face some degree of adversity because there are so many variables, many of which are unknown until you start your process.

Depending on the principal, a lesser or greater degree of professional advice is necessary, but most SFR transactions are similar in their mechanics.

Allows globalized companies to accept a more neutral currency.