Hello All,I am currently a graduate student who is moving to DC (from Central Virginia) in June/July.

I have a friend who has student rentals.

So we are looking for a house down near we work, and we have found some on the market we like between 250-300K.Debt, we have roughly 27K in total debt including student loans.

What's key here is that the most significant tenant pool in these areas are working professionals/grad students who are being outpriced in Back Bay, Southie, South End, North End. 

If you find a property in the sweetspot where you can attract professionals as well as students vacancies will never be a problem. 

It’s like any other profession, it takes time to learn, network and understand the proper balance of managing the workload.

We're looking to pick up a few properties around certain Georgia universities and focus on student housing. 

The tenants are students as this is close to a major university.

For example, I know that we need more appraisers and inspectors (if you have previous construction experience or someone who could train you).If you do want to become an agent, the best advice I could give to build your network is to start by going through every one of your contacts and letting everyone you know know that you are becoming an agent (including coworkers, students' parents, anyone else you have any connection with who may know you and need a home to buy/sell).

I have money saved up, 15k, that I am looking to use to purchase my first property and my credit score is ok at 670. one of my issues is my credit utilization due to credit cards I took out for my business that I maxed out and I also have student loans.now fast forward, I want to get into house flipping and later on buying and holding, probably 5-10 years from now. i have done a lot of research on loans I could utilize including the fha loan which seems to be the most attractive to me however I am aware that I would have to stay in the property for a year before I can do anything.