$220 Vacancy/minor repairs/maintenance                    $220 a month for water/sewer/trash/landscape/snow (actual should be way less)                     $1000 debt serviceNET loss of $160 a month      The cash flow is terrible of course, but that is mainly from the outsized taxes which was from what I can tell from tax records an extra school levy, total taxes for 2016 were  $2341 on same valuation.

You can do this full or part time, right now, after you graduate, or any time in the future after that.

Hi, I'm Erik Keim from Casper WY, and a graduate of The University of Wyoming and The Naval Postgraduate School. 

Close to good schools.

My family and I are looking to move from our current town home into a single family home in a much better school district.

You may want to consider the seasonality of champaign URBANA, the students/ school year dictate the times you can rent houses.

I went to the University of Chicago for grad school, which is dead center in the middle of the area where I bought, so particularly familiar with that area.I purchased a 3-unit, instead of a SFH.

@Ryan SwanI did you 1st option a few years ago by earning my associates degree but to be honest that's similar to graduating the 15th grade.

But now that it's over,the fight begins to find that next client.There is so much to learn and so much to do that it seems overwhelming.You have to accept that it's going to take time and instead of trying to do a ton of things at the same time,pick one or two tasks per day and devote the time to getting those done.Small and steady steps will keep you moving forward,that's the game plan.I need to build a website that clients will enjoy seeing and using.I have to reach out and touch every person I know or use to know and still talk to on Facebook.I'm planning on a lot of lunches and dinners with former high school classmates and fellow employees from my previous career of 20 years.

I have a few expenses coming up like college tuitions for two kids (perhaps even grad schools)  that I know i have to budget for, and the BRRRR approach seems to me the best route for that, and plan for my eventual retirement.