These strategies reduce living expenses, offer easier financing options, and are ideal for college towns, urban centers, or large employers.

My youngest child is still about 5 years from going off to college, so I was looking for a scenario that did not require moving around.  

Hi Everybody,I'm currently a Freshman at the University of Colorado Boulder and I am looking at closing on a house next week. I am planning on living in the house next year and renting out the other rooms (3 bed 2 bat...

SpaceX now has a rocket testing center right outside of Waco, Amazon is currently building a huge distribution center in Waco, and BSR Surf Resort & Cable Park built the #1 wave pool and cable park in the world, making Waco an international surf and wakeboard destination.  

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The lender seems to believe that the only rent by the room strategy that exists is renting rooms to college students and his quote to me was "more people, more leases, more problems".What do I know?? 

As I am out of state, I need to find a property manager willing to manage it for me, and my agent's contacts don't manage college student housing.

College park and West End is a maybe.

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Also good.El Salvador used money from it's volcano mining to build a veterinarian college and animal hospital.