He usually follows it up with, "that is how I put our kids through college and vacation with the wife in wonderful and interesting places each year."

Don't know if Buddy has, but I have dealt with both PR's and heirs located outside the U.S.It used to be more of a hassle: for my first international deal I had to overnight physical docs to principal signer.

That 2 to 3 years of college you can rack up student loans that stay with you forever and cannot be eliminated even through bankruptcy!

My brother went to college out in your area.

We probably still won't do it for a while though.I will say we do have 1 property an hour an a half away from where my Father lives, BUT my brother and I both spent years there each (it's where we went to college), so even though technically it's not "local" it feels like it is since we know the area so well.

I had a new set of tenants who were coming from the barracks (think college dormitories for enlisted) .

There are many people in any niche that try to take unfair advantage of unknowing investors but that doesn't mean all are that way.The buyers that purchase turnkey houses from my group of investors/sellers (not in Ga) are mostly nationals with a few internationals.

I am a college senior.

I am in my mid-twenties, graduated from college almost three years ago and have been working full-time since.I found BiggerPockets thru a google search for real estate advice and I am so happy I stumbled across this amazing resource!

Although real estate laws go back to the feudal times in England and are fairly consistent there can be and are subtle and major differences from state to state.Do I need a college education to buy real estate without cash or credit?