Lots of good advice here, but no one asked what your parent's retirement plans are?

You haven't told us anything about what you plan to do after purchasing the property, so it's not clear how important interest rate is in the long run. 

Owning a home also gives you stability (ie your landlord can't decide to sell your home), flexibility to do what you want to with the home and the money you are paying is paying down your mortgage, not your landlord's.One other question is do you plan on moving anytime soon? 

This could easily cost you $10’s of thousands if you plan to stay in the home 5+ years when you return. 

@Heather Bailey they will ask you what style of renting you plan to do.  

What you would most likely be doing is getting one like Calltools Or Mojo mentioned above, and then push in prospects or manually add them to your Podio account once they have responded with interest.I'm with InvestorFuse, we do have a solo person plan that may be a good fit for you.

This move is such a great example of what determination, solid planning, and truly listening to investors’ needs can achieve.

@Olga DaiselI think we are lacking some key details of your plan.

You need to work with a property manager that has experience with this, unless you plan on doing it yourself.

I'm from Long Island but now live and plan on investing in the Albany area.