My biggest piece of advice is to learn to "get comfortable being uncomfortable"!

If you get a salaried job after college that would be best possible situation as you wouldn't necessarily need the two years of work history.My last two pieces of advice is of course watch Bigger Pockets Podcast as much as you can to learn!

@Sidra Amir I have a needy tenant that comments on EVERYTHING we do at the property from small maintenance issues to having large pieces of equipment onsite for projects.

If we buy this loan, we need to have a thorough game plan on how we are going to be resolving this and understanding these dynamics is key to managing expectations and protecting investments.Sounds like a deal more for someone that buys partial inheritance estates and spends years piecing it together than a note investor.  

We listed the top 2 (3x1) units for $1800 a piece and the garden unit (2x1) for $1600.

Several of my STR investor clients here in Colorado have used a designer, and they generally pick a few statement pieces that they spend money on and then go with FB marketplace  or even IKEA for smaller items. 

I listened to the podcast along with my Renatus education and I do think the podcast helped me A LOT but I do enjoy the commissions And that's just another piece of my "puzzle" now.

But it is the lowest down payment option, and likely the lowest rate option as well. one tidbit - condos don't usually like the STR piece, so make sure to do your DD in whatever area you're looking to buy in before puling the trigger. 

The greatest piece of railroad land in the U.S. is for sale, you just have to ask.11.

I myself sold a piece of property in New Jersey (raw land) and purchased a property with a house on it in Nashville, TN for my 1031 exchange.