If you can get a zero to low loan financing that would be a alternative providing it is less than your returns on your investments and you can pay it off quickly.Credit cards, car loans, leases, student loans are all considered bad debt and should be a individuals number one priority to clear.

I advise against taking the actual student loans, but instead focus on the 100% free money.

See the following for more on this.https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/401k-resource-guide-plan-participants-general-distribution-rules

As a medical student, I don't have the money to actually do any investing in real estate, but I figure now is as good a time as any to start learning.

Some are very good at managing and others fail at it.I remember being a teacher years ago and I disliked it because most of the job entailed managing students, attending meetings, grading papers, attending parent-teacher conferences, coaching basketball, managing my time, and managing my classroom.

I know that with my income (not very much) about to be going back on student loans in fall of 2017, that I cannot afford a traditional loan to buy my own place.

Since you are a student, you should be fine with work history but that depends on the lender.

We serve a lot of students and young professionals that already have these apps and they love the convenience. 

I am currently a student at Middle Tennessee State University.

I'm confident I can find graduate student / classmates to rent out my unit if it's priced with the market and close enough to a bus line.