Our company flips homes in Laguna Beach, and we operate student rentals (currently in New Orleans, but planning to expand).

Heck, maybe the school offers lower tuition for instate students?

We have some credit card debt we are hyper focused on paying down , and 34K in my student loans (not touching currently due to SAVE plan with the zero percent interest).

Thank you for your insights, I was a bit vague, honestly, I've been looking at houses since I graduated college about a year and a half ago but life was in the way, had student debt to focus on, moved to a new state with no family or friends and had to build some form of social/work foundation in my eyes when I moved from NYC to VA to make sure everything that I decide I go into the life I am balanced such that I can focus on what I want with all of my energy.I am not moving on from looking at properties, over the time I've been looking at houses I have saved, I have researched, I have made connections with real estate agents in my area, I even studied for the real estate agent test but ended up not taking it for other reasons.

When I joined there were 11,000 students, now there are almost 13,000 students. 

I'm a 21 year old college student at Utah State University.

Loan Programs: Conventional loans (>$7.5M), small balance loans (<$7.5M), lease up / near-stabilization loans, 2ndlien supplemental loans, student housing, seniors housing, MHC, green financing, etc.2.

If your student loans are only 3-5% interest, that's pretty good so I think it's okay to pay those off over time.It sounds like you're making good income with your current employer and there is room to grow, so I'd plan to stay with that job until you can pay your high interest loans off and save enough for a down payment for your first property.

We just need to figure out how.I’d urge you to look at the insurance business, which has a great deal in common with real estate.

You can have some student housing, regular long-term rentals, and even some STRs if you choose.