Just seems like an odd business practice to shovel everything under the rug.

And yeah Marquette, MI is an appreciating market and a college town where everyone complains about increasing rents (and their bad landlords).Hopefully I can still find a few properties that can cash flow anything, no matter how small, with zero down but I'll have to see if they'll pass VA inspection too.

I think most of the students at those two colleges are commuters anyhow.

While true as a practical matter, it's not because there are no such contractors.

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.

College used to be a lot more affordable, I studied in Europe (where college is free) and it blows my mind to see kids with 200k student loan debt trying to get ahead on a 50k job.The housing market has started to drift apart geographically.

Trade schools and community colleges would be ecstatic for this, and if done it would be the "skills revolution" that the industrial revolution was. 

Allen, you mentioned your kids going to college.

These books are filled with practical advice to help you avoid these mistakes that start small and snowball into major issues.

I haven’t used them yet but Universal Settlement Services is an investor friendly title company in the state college/altoona area.