I would leave the student loan debt after than and worry about accumulating enough capital to start making purchases.

This way, you have some breathing room to accumulate a little more capital and decide what you'd like to do. 

A suggestion and its up to you to take it or leave it, but try partnering with a veteran that has accumulated a great deal of experience in wholesaling.

We are fortunate in my area to have a HML who has a program designed for holding rentals for 8yrs @ 9% which can work for some deals,Don't wait to accumulate your hold portfolio just because you can't qualify for bank financing currently.

We then moved the machinery to Kawempe, where I had acquired a 15-acre piece of land in 1997.How did you accumulate enough capital to go into manufacturing?

That would have accumulated to almost a year without rent by now. 

Today I am not selling anything (yet) and probably will continue to accumulate long term holds. 

I'm not in the note business, but it seems on certain properties, buying the note seems like the best way to get control of the property which otherwise is stuck in limbo while simultaneously losing value because of physical deterioration and getting more expensive because of accumulating debt and new liens.I don't think a single note purchase is biting off more than I can chew, but don't know where to bite.  

The performer is great for your self directed retirement accounts since that amortized payment will accumulate tax free or deferred and its pretty hands' off.

I'm excited to learn from everyone here on BP during my accumulation phase, accumulation of knowledge that is.