Happy New Year.I grew up in Dallas, graduated at Lake Highlands,  and my sister manages a complex in old East Dallas actually.  

Now that I’m approaching 50 I’ve graduated to house hacking a duplex instead of my primary residence.

Some background on me - I went to college with a degree I thought I was gonna use, thought I wanted to apply to PT school, but soon after I graduated I had a massive change of heart and decided that I no longer wanted to pursue that route anymore because I felt my future was so much brighter than to be stuck working day and night in that kind of profession.

Quote from @Mike Arias: Quote from @Chizitem Ibeneme: I'm a college student, and I plan to start investing in multifamily homes once I graduate, and I recently started looking at deals on Zillow just so i can practice underwriting.

Quote from @Fakaradin Floyd: Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old Software engineer that's always wanted to get into real estate, I graduated college about a year and a half ago and wanted to hit the ground running when graduated.

And a lot of start-up companies are migrating to this city as well because of the OSU campus that has thousands of talented students graduating and looking for positions locally.

So for example if I graduate college or a few years into college I want to invest even more into real estate what do you suggest I invest in?

Thank you Brian, I really appreciate the feedback and this is what I will do.My plan is to get a job when I graduate to not only get that experience but also cover my livign expenses while building a portfolio on the side.In terms of buying my first deal, I haven't been able to move the needle because, where I am, for example, small multifamily is trading at around 5.5% caps and rates are 6.5% .

Buy close to Notre Dame and the nicer areas for game days, graduations, and families visiting. 

Screening is definitely an area I studied up on beforehand, and having a large graduate student population to choose from definitely gives me more confidence.