Another idea is to use your Summers to "intern" with a very experienced and active investor who is doing the kinds of things you want to do.  

I work for a International Chain Short Term Loan Company.

And can be risky for buyers who try to scale this and do not have SUBSTANTIAL cash reserves.buyer starts defaulting on these and does not have the protections you put in place for the sellers.. the SEllers get very mad and start filing complaints of a criminal nature.. many SUB TOO equity skimmers have found themselves in deep trouble and in Jail ( where they belong).I rescued a company in Oregon that did about 35 of these.

For the past 4 years I've worked with out of state and international clients to buy, hold, and sell central Florida properties.

Whatever you do, make sure you run a full screening package (credit, criminal, and eviction) on all applicants as well as an address history report to check their past landlord references.

I will be starting a job at a company I interned for this winter in 3 weeks and will be making 36k this year.

My advice is a) screen tenants thoroughly with full credit, criminal, and eviction searches, and b) if you do have to handle an eviction, have an eviction pro do it so it happens as quickly as possible.  

I help my business partner run his property management company, ERS Management, in town, and we are actively managing about 750 units for approximately 75 local, national, and international investors and are rapidly expanding.I always love to chew real estate and help people find investments that can benefit both parties.  

I would still recommend running credit, criminal and eviction and being specific about your screening criteria.  

Some local banks and credit unions will be willing to extend you credit using an internal product that there is no market for on the secondary market.