I work in the tech sector, for example, and (will hopefully soon) invest on the side; perhaps I can grow my income from RE investing to the point where I could exit my current job.

Yes, great sector of investment, higher returns, higher risk than MF.

While going to school, try to get a job within the real estate sector as getting paid to learn is the best way to learn. 

I have found plenty of data on FORCASTED job growth as measured by occupation, sector etc. 

You can complete this at your leisure in the weeks until your house closes.I hope that this quick and dirty guide to flipping a house in two weeks has proven useful to you.

Just like realestate, everything is cyclical....stock market, job sectors. 

We both work in government sectors and have been able to save up enough for a down payment on our first house.

We're in a college town and love 1/1's.Another thing about our market is that there is no new construction in this sector because the marginal cost of a 3/1 makes more sense for builders.Therefore in our market these units are becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of the rental inventory.

Our city desperately needs a fresh vision and a new Land Development Code that paves the way for smart growth in both our residential and commercial sectors.

Use 1031s to consolidate and move geography from the highly appreciation dependent areas and sectors and go into better cash flow - maybe in other geographies or moving into denser MF or commercial assets.