I am not hearing about any red flags with this property that are making it a poor investment, so why change it up? 

Good luck, I am betting that almost everyone on this site wishes they started at your age!

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The market may sour quickly and I would be willing to bet there will be better real-estate deals soon enough.

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I can use a kick in the *** to stop accepting these things, and I bet you could too.

I think you may just have been talking with someone with a poor grasp of prepositions.Here's a quick bit on townhouse firewalls: http://www.inman.com/2013/01/29/is-your-townhomes-firewall-code/I'm no expert, but I don't think this would be an expensive or complicated thing to address. 

Your best bet is borrowing from your relatives. 

In your experience how does a poorly rated elementary school close to the property affect its value?

try reading RICH DAD POOR DAD.