@Cecil Gill, I just found a company.  

I've always felt awkward about talking to friends and even strangers about my past businesses.

The conversation between the manager at that office and the escrow officer will be awkward, I'm sure and she wont be happy, will relay that the file has been taken from her, and he will call me and be very angry, threatening to cancel the deal.

I went to school at EIU, students had places they wanted to rent, even though it might have been a little farther away.Then honestly compare the different units AND their layouts.An awkward layout can kill people wanting to rent a place.What is your competitive advantage compared to the other local rentals?

I also saw the house directly next to this listed for 163K and that house was run down and awkward but still rented for good amount.

The front of the house is also very awkward and could use some architectural design elements added. 

The first post here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/42...So whether or not I am able to buy my very first property I want to chronicle this so people can at least see the tedium and they can probably do better than me.So my objective remains more of less the same and thanks to some replies I have a little more information and I have taken some steps as well as more questions so let's begin:Requirement:ROI doesn't matter too much as long as it can sustain me a little bit and that is utilizing an FHA loan or its equivalent.It is in Jersey City heights because I still have aging parents to look out for.Like I mentioned in the previous thread I want FHA financing but I'm open to other options.As for multi-family I am willing to do multifamily or mixed if the price is rightImprovements needed should be minimal but if it can be completely fixed via an FHA loan with a 203k without incurring any additional out of pocket costs then I am for it.Vacancy doesn't matter too much because I'm sure people will want to live in the heights.Action taken so far: I still have been going to realtors and getting pre-approved for a mortgage in Wells Fargo which if you are socially awkward like I am is a big step.

Brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles will pop up from nowhere wanting Uncle to do the same for them and unless you can show that it is a professional transaction and not a "family loan" it puts him in an awkward position.

You learn a lot about yourself, about other people, about relationships, you make killer friends, you get your partying out now rather than when your 40 (because that's always awkward).Work on real estate while you're in college!

Doing that with friends is awkward.