It takes 14.5 years (if you're lucky) from undergrad to board certification to practice in my specialty, and I feel like that is barely scratching the surface.

I'd rather not rent to undergrads with high turnover rates.

UNREALto be honest the area is very tough, there are some killings/stabbings but then again when I was at USC in undergrad some year ago ppl got stabbed in LA too. from what i can gather - now i have my realtor license for the next deal - bergen/lafayette which is only 5-10 streets from mine is ON FIRE, everything 100-200k more than mine in the middle of greenville. i went to some open houses and the agent was touting how up and coming it is etc all this marketing fluff. the issue people dont understand that investors have already moved in. you might think the area is bad, but the real money has been made. you might get shot, but the investors money wont be.. lil home buyers will all get priced out soon.i just had police raided a few houses on my street so the "gangs" are gone, some investor bought the whole section. the corner deli has been bought, i see Hasidic jews more and more just walk around like its nothing to them.. so idk. police always on my corner so thats good. it all seems like this place will change quick. i just have no idea where they put those ppl from those houses, i mean that part of the street was real bad, even driving w my car in broad daylight i got some death stares. 

@Joe Splitrock, I just got my masters in finance in 2015  (undergrad paid off), and bought my  first house in 2015...  

Beer is on me :)Hey Alon, I’ve got a rental (previous house hack) in College Park, and I also went to UMD for undergrad so I’d like to think I have a decent understanding of the rental market in that area. 

One possible qualifier is renting to grad students rather than undergrads.  

I learn best by doing though, so may as well learn soon instead of kicking the can down the road.For my background - I work in software implementation and have an undergrad degree and masters in Industrial Engineering.

I grew up in Minneapolis metro (chaska), and went to undergrad at St.

Renting to strictly college student's you are definitely opening your self up to the potential of a destroyed unit,  I have seen this on multiple occasions during my time as and undergrad.  

Always good to see an Aussie kicking ***.I have always been interested in investing in the US market, especilly Detriot as far back as when the dollar was at parity, however being an undergrad student and tied up to a mortgage at the time meant I didn't have the spare cash at the time.