Hello everyone, I am currently about to graduate High School this year and for about three months now I have been deeply invested in Real Estate.

Evaluate historical and current vacancy rates, aiming for decreasing trends.Demographics: For younger populations, focus on proximity to parks and schools.

But you gotta be on the ground.Great on paper and some years you might get 15% returns and next year -15% returns.Plus, there is no true value in such areas as homes sell for $1,000 and others to unsuspecting out of state buyers for $60,000 where the provider makes a $20,000+ margin.Then it goes vacant, vandalized and back to a $1,000 houseLooks for areas with a more consistent sales value where homeowners also live and not just investor owned.B class in my eyes is:1) Close to infrastructure like schools, hospitals, shopping mall, larger employer, etc...2) Mix of homeowners and investor owned (leaning toward more homeowners).3) Well kept yards and no boarded up homes.

It's not high school.

For me a quick guide,  is I look at school rankings, easily found on Zillow if you type in a home address and what's surrounding the area as far as types of businesses. 

I am currently in college and about to graduate in May.

I moved to Columbus from Florida after graduating high school to continue pursuing my real estate career.

Tenants often stay longer in the best school districts.   

I recently graduated from Lehigh University and since graduation I have been working as a Logistics analyst for an industrial construction materials supplier in Long Island City.

@Nate Marshall  Don Lapre. . .LOL. . .that's going old school.