Tell them the situation and make a proposal.The hand's on real life education would be worth more than you can imagine.

I have had two narcissist leaders in my life, they both exhibited almost all the textbook traits, and I can tell this guy is just like them.

I would invest in townhomes and single family homes only (for residential).Condos are tougher to rent out, the condo dues eat into the cash flow and and if you have a bad association it can make life miserable.However, if you do buy a condo make sure it is a 3 bedroom......never buy a 1 or 2 bedroom.

Also trying to find a balance between the new job, investing and my social life (the social life has been taking up a lot of time this summer; beach house with some friends)

There are numerous posts here that talk about the details of the math for both flipping and renting, so I'll only briefly summarize here.

I use text as a daily part of my life.

Assuming a long term hold and rent, and an "average" rental (not an executive or specialty property), you should take steps now to minimize headaches and expenses over the life of the property.

So why would I risk that just to make your life a little more convenient?

He had been a real estate investor for over 40 years and spent the last decade of his life doing missions work, building churches and church schools all over the US and in Africa through the program known as RV Maps.

Applies in numerous ways.