Purchase price: $187,000 Cash invested: $15,000 Sale price: $259,000 I got tired of moving place to place and worrying about finding roommate, security deposits and not having enough money to deal with maintaining someone elses home.

You'll probably need a co-borrower and someone to gift the down payment.There's a Conventional loan (FNMA family opportunity loan) that allows your parents to purchase a home for you (and potentially roommates) to rent while you're still in college.

Appreciate the feedback, checked out your post and yeah I've had similar with roommates in the past.

Make that rent payment out to you and pick up a roommate.

I was forced to buy my first house because my roommate moved out and I couldn't afford to live alone.

This helps protect against roommates being swapped out, etc without our knowledge.

You could always take on a roommate(s),

I would rent out an extra room, basement and yep, deal with a part time roommate.

Only one roommate.  

If they have a taste for it then use the equity to buy a rental where they go to College and have them manage it with roommates in it.