I live fairly frugally, and my student loans from med school are low as I qualified for lots of scholarships and have a great repayment plan.

Using a VA loan for a second property, where I’d move in and rent out my current home.When I made an offer on a fixer-upper (I didn’t win that bid), the loan officer mentioned it might be difficult to convince the underwriter why I’d need another VA loan for a second property in the same area, especially since the new home is almost identical to my current one (same size, age, school district, etc.).

@Melissa GoffHey Melissa,My wife and I live full-time in our converted school bus @topobus.

Got any advice for someone who's still in college and wants to start rental property investing as soon as they graduate?

And a lot of start-up companies are migrating to this city as well because of the OSU campus that has thousands of talented students graduating and looking for positions locally.Everything that’s going on here in Columbus is attracting investors and other businesses from all over.

People need to feel safe in their community as well as good schools, etc.

Indicators such as population growth, improving schools, and jobs are key in successful real estate investment business.

I graduated college with a double major in finance and real estate. 

You really need to research the city you need to know every neighborhood understand the city good school districts and bad school districts top employers etc.

Trade school for plumbing is 2-4yrs, I'm not gonna take you from 0 knowledge to full comprehension on a web forum.