I've been studying for a while and see investing as a cycle, times of high activity (chasing the deal) and times of latency (allowing the deal to mature).

Study the market.

But, I don’t think that should be a very high bar for you especially if you are already studying and researching this at 18 years old and you don’t plan to buy anything until 2-3 years from now at the earliest.

Now I'm not gonna be Mr Tour-guide for any/all who want to stop out and just look around but if you go through the steps and are serious, we have built out acquisition strategy HECK-YEAH I'm gonna say come-on-out and we'd carve out some time to do market tours together AND I'd equip you to do some self study/exploration. 

Outside of the box & could prove to be lucrative. 

All of the above and there are many discussions and mathematical gymnastics that are in these forums that prove it works and doesnt work in both ways...consider a first position heloc if you want to utilize velocity banking concepts for mortgage purposes.I got one with CMG mortgage (they call it the All in One Loan) and it put me in positive light. 

Any such study is tainted by the fact that Zillow lost an enormous amount of money on their own home buying initiative.

If somehow you can prove that they lived there less than 30 days, call the cop and put a trespassing.

Looking for a real estate Cost Segregation Study specialist for my house in Virginia.

I studied RE development and investment for my MBA, I am the building inspector for the town where I live and I worked as a contractor before switching to only working on my own deals.