As a college athlete at a smaller D2 School in Georgia, there is a strong market for student housing that has yet to be met in my area.

Starting with an Out Of State MTR / LTR strategy is smart, especially targeting travel nurses or university students.Focus on areas in Texas or Indiana with strong job markets and growing populations for better rental demand and investment potential.

Essentially I'm buying into a strategic partner who is now vested in me.

I think you want to pick markets which have a strong following and year round tourism, that you know and have visited and that have clear demand. 

So, bring strong evidence supporting the property's potential value.They prefer experienced borrowers or teams.

For example, I'll always try to hire someone or find someone to work on a contractor basis, before I will give away equity to a partner.- There's no reason to give 50% to a partner unless that partner is contributing 50% of the knowledge, effort and expertise to the business. 

My initial goal is to house hack, purchasing a small multi-family property within the next year, ideally the next 6 months.I am between Atlanta and Athens and have relatively little savings so unless I find a partner I will likely be using an FHA or USDA loan for my first property.

If the local rental market is strong enough you will still be able to rent it.

Bitcoin is a strong long play, ETH probably as well, I have a large position in both.  

Good Morning, Is everyone still feeling the STR market is pretty strong here or is long term rental the way to go for a single family house.