My parents gave me their approval, EXCEPT it needs some work.

They are rare here in the college area, but are just a pain in the butt to manage with the irresponsibility of today's students (and their parents!).

Since I don’t even own my own property yet, everybody says I should I buy a property for myself first, but I'm thinking I can move in with my parents rent free for 2-4 years, and focus only on investment properties in this period of time.

Also, parents don’t want to move their kids from one school to another during the year so it could very well be empty until summer.

Many states and localities give double or treble damages for landlords improperly withholding security deposits.

My parents are small investors but they are in Colorado so their connections don't help me here in Wisconsin.I am looking to learn as much as I can and meet people in and around Madison.

Conglomerate Delek Group (DELKG.TA), the parent of Delek Drilling and Avner, is up 5.9 percent.

It's all local.I wish my college area would fall, but there seems to be an endless supply of rich parents or 'investors' betting on appreciation who are willing to pay up.

It can be a real time-waster and energy-drainer.Prepare an iron-clad lease and get the parents to either sign the lease or sign a notarized Parental Guarantee.

My credit score right now is around an 800, and my parents are successful in the rental business by already paying off the mortgage for their rental houses.