On top of this, I also receive $3,200 monthly from VA (medically retired Army) and $3,400 for being a full time student using my education benifits (both not taxable).

My name is Isaac and I am currently a junior at Marquette University, living in Seattle.  This is actually my second introduction on the platform and simultaneously an honesty post:I first became fascinated with real ...

Hey @Tim Steward- Consider looking into student housing around campus. 

If you can't handle waiting for the money to be earned, you're in the wrong profession.

Brother 1 - has 20k car loan, 5k personal debt, 3k school debtBrother 2 - 10k cc debtMe - 32k student loans, 10k car debt 0 cc debt My question is should we use the money to pay off some of our debt or keep leveraging debt and get another multifamily.

@Sheldon PeartCongratulations on paying off the large student loan.

Require co-signers (usually parents) if they have less than 3 years of credit history (This could be difficult because a majority of my tenants are international students).  

my traditional lender informed me that with my high student loan debt spoiling the debt/income ratio, I only qualify for 175,000 and no more.   

It's not a profession that is easy by any means, especially starting out. 

But more and more millennial and grad students are starting to live further away from campus, so the rental market it still strong outside of the immediate vicinity of campus.