If the rental income from your condo can comfortably cover your mortgage and leave you a little profit, moving out might make sense.

You’ll put 5% down but get 2% back on sale (which might pay for your closing costs) and then do a rent by the room to cover your expenses and downpayment for next year) Not sure which university you are at but both Henrietta and South Wedge are solid places to start (serving RIT and UR respectively) Good luck, I personally think Rochester is a great area to start due to constrained supply with a growing population

Quote from @Scott Mac: It might be the investing environment.Right now we have a different interest rate picture then we had a few years ago.

I really like the fact that you made a profile with a picture first before your first post.

If s/he'd been putting aside reserves, the repair would have been covered by funds already in the bank. 

Also, coming from running a business just think of RE as a business (which it is), the numbers have to work and your investments need to fit into the big picture.

Partner Driven fully funded the transaction, covering the $17,000 purchase price.

Insurance typically covers only the directly damaged area, not undamaged flooring, even if it's continuous.

Investors must first prove that they are an accredited investor, set up a “pitch” call, and only then will they receive a 16-page PDF explaining the loan program, which on page 10, shows a picture of Ron Fossum as CFO:Page 10 of email attachment “noradaloannotecasepdf”A detailed FINRA report ( Link ) provides the reason for this sleight of hand.

Also a covered porch on the front.