But if you have job lined up, no debt, those degrees, and an interest in earl estate (wow!)

Wow - thanks everyone!  

@Marc M. wow that is crazy.

Wow. 

Wow!

Wow, i love that lease addendum, "12 months no late payments and the W/D is yours." 

Wow, thanks everyone, I'm glad this is an active community here on bigger pockets. 

Hi Tarek I am really impressed that at 18 you are considering investing in real estate wow, what a good decision.

Funny thing happened around 2003-- by 2006 i was selling- real estate price appreciation was abnormal- Banks started lending money to anyone including non citizens no doc loans- Lower income people moved in my neighborhood in droves- the local mortgage office had a tinted black front window - i am seeing a new strange visitor-- the newly minted chinese millionaire that has illegally sent his money to the usa--- they are bidding with bags of money and overpaying for the real estate--- this is another disgrace of this country not following its own laws.- Pay particular attention to california and ny 

For $200 I got a RE attorney to draft a perfect one that included covering all the laws and caveats necessary to cover my a$$.And wow was I missing a lot.