Went to school 20 miles from the Canadian boarder where it was regularly -20 degrees in the winter, and we'd still rather be .2 miles from the bars & well over a mile walk/ drive from the actual school.I do see a lot of first time investors thinking that student housing is going to be their passive golden ticket, but quickly realize how much work it really is.

Neighborhoods on the shores of Lake Travis, in Round Rock and in Driftwood are among the hottest housing markets in the Austin area. 

I'm all for seeing others get away from the rat race and have the grit to fight and create their own success story.

Transfer money between business and personal infrequently and in round numbers.- Once it looks like you are going to clear $50k for the year - after everything is deducted!

Real estate will not be your magic ticket out.

The other options you are playing with fire as using a HELOC that is paying interest is essentially buying with 100% financing.Having no skin in the game has always been a high risk strategy and people were able to get away with it the past few years due to the money supply and inflation but I would not use that as the measuring stick.

She wasn't looking to make money, just wanted to get away from it.

My neighbor does MTR and she is full all year round here in Olympia, WA.

Once you have experience and learn to budget for occasional big ticket cap ex items that every house has whether it’s 100k or 1M, it becomes really hard to make any profit.

I invest in a couple states and I also am a agent in new jersey. my rule of thumb for a client is when they say I'm hoping for in a sentence describing a property I dive a little deeper into there goals because it sounds like they are trying to fit a square block into a round whole.