As a former renter/tenant we always made a spare key, used a magnetic key box, and found a hidden place.

I feel like I do have a lot of spare time, so I am offering to work for someone experienced in real estate during my off time, in exchange for guidance and networking.

Then I want to partner up with my friend to get the down-payment and share the workload in our spare time.

This allows me to travel for almost free internationally every 15 months (airfare wise).I don't go out and get drinks (I'm 23 so this is not very typical) unless it's professional related and even then I do it sparingly. 

He showed up to the closing and we signed the documents with 10 mins to spare!

He showed up to the closing and we signed the documents with 10 mins to spare!

Aside from this property I have 10 other properties (34 doors) that I manage myself in my spare time (I have a full time very demanding day time job).

So without calculating the interest and nothing left to spare I would be 75 in the whole which would leave me with 35 thousand.

I am set up with a real estate agent and receive MLS notifications which come in sparingly, but I want to utilize more tools out there. 

Small brick houses like the one I'm describing was designed to be maintained in the postwar economy almost 100% by the male head of household in his spare time.