Your situation is a little more complex than most people and I highly suggest you consult an attorney. 

See what qualifications people are looking for and do what you have to in the meantime to produce income while you're studying. 

Lots of people rent houses for parties as well, and you won’t be able to do anything about it.  

People's brains will explode.

I’ve had a similar situation before and had a difficult time finding people interested in partnering.

Jimmy Napier, 40 years ago, told me that 95% of people do not really understand the concept.  

You have excellent advice here from some people who didn't just get their knowledge of investing through a low rate, real estate risk off period.

Always gonna be a whole bunch of cheap old houses with a whole bunch of people on Section 8 ready to rent them.

Quote from @Josh Lansberry: You will hear a lot of people bad-mouth him, but Dave Ramsey can teach you how to get financially savvy real quick.

Class C transitioning to Class B: more renovated homes, higher income tenants and homeowners moving in, nice cafes, shops, restaurants, coffee shops opening up.An extreme example of Class C to B is in San Francisco - when I was a kid, what was not a safe neighborhood and had lower income people, is now in high demand and tech workers making $200,000+ are living there and people walking around at night going to restaurants and shop.