@Jeff Sheraton Typically it is a good idea to include a prepayment penalty for this kind of situation.

@Lawrence Garrison They are held at the Galleria Sheraton in Metairie on the 3rd Thursday of every month.

There is a meeting this week:DATE: Thursday March 28, 2013TIME: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm PLACE: Four Points Sheraton Plainview, NYLI Multifamily Investor Group with National Reis

If you have starwood points, we booked Sheraton with cash & points for $45 & only 2500 points, otherwise all points is only 7000 points.

@Scott HraskaThis reminds me of my dad, he left corporate life in the WTC in 1985, just went driving and drove thru Wilmington and decided to stay!

@Anthony H.The Sheraton

Some thoughts in random order.As @Jeff Sheraton says compare your cost on your student loan debt to your return and on a 4 plex for example, you have tax depreciation that could off set the income you make in your real "career" job and be a much better return than paying off excess student loan debt.Although do you want to borrow $10,000 in student loans and then take 5 years to pay it off and make it $15,000 - so I would probably try to find a way to pay off the $10k and save up.I know a person who was a student in Lawrence at KU who actually somehow found a way to buy a 3 plex while in college and then he lived in one unit and rented out the other 2, so he had NO housing costs while in college.  

The next meeting is this Thursday March 9th at 6pm at the Sheraton Tysons Corner.Hope we can connect!

We meet on Tuesday July 19 at 6 pm at the Sheraton near the airport.

But, we rented a space at the Sheraton downtown Phoenix large enough for 150 people, and if we sell out, we'll be able to donate around $35,000.Take a look.