The best way to expose yourself to all of the options out there is podcasts, but here are some common ones:Single family - flipping, rentals, short-term rentals (AirB&B)Industrial and triple net leasesMultifamily - apartment syndication for larger properties Storage units Also, if you're interested in being an active investor (doing your own deals as an operator), or being a passive investor is really important to understand! 

The downside: they have a higher interest rate - 8%.This week, I trained my ACQUISITION team on how we can TRIPLE our business just by making small tweaks.

To supplement this - the correlations among stock market (dragged down in partt due to oil and gas debt repayment issues), my job income servicing oil and gas companies and the local housing market have a potential to be a triple whammy but also a real opportunity to buy cheap.

So, if you can hang in there with your current budget, the money that you would have used to pay off student loans can double or triple by the time the loan is paid off.... and you'll still have an asset when it is.

.), but given your description from above you may want to consider investing in a single tenant triple net lease property (i.e. a McDonalds, a Starbucks, AutoZone, Walgreens, etc.).  

For example a friend of mine does Industrial only and has deep connections to owners with properties not on the market.My expertise is Apartment buildings and Triple Net leasing.

I still have not reviewed other leases to see if they are structured as a gross or triple net but was wondering in anyone in here had links to some easy DIY templates for commercial leases or should I only attempt to do this through an attorney or professional property manager.

@Joel Owens - Thanks for the info, it sounds like I am still a long way away from the world of triple net and larger commercial deals, and I will start to seek out some of the smaller mom and pop brokerages as well as calling those that have the types of properties I am looking for listed on loopnet, and the mls to try to find out who the players are in this spaceAnyone in the NJ, PA, NY area that is a broker or knows of agents that specialize in the field of small apartment buildings please pm me@Joe Fairless Thanks for the encouragement, I enjoy reading your blog, and appreciate all the info.

Sold it 2 years later and tripled our money.

In the 1 year (tomorrow actually) of finding BP my business has doubled because my eyes were opened to other markets and strategies, and next week I will triple it, and in the next few months I hope to quadruple itThe community is a place of helping and giving back no matter how new or how experienced the investor and I am grateful to have found a "home" in it