My interest in investing was first sparked when I was in college and thinking about the financials for all the rentals to college students.

Thus I have some extremely good tenants, college educated, with great jobs.Ok this current deal is a triplex in the C class area of town.

She is now in three of the fund pools used for international properties and has been pitched on joining the pool for the apartment complex in WA I will close on later this quarter.

I've been a successful small businessman for many years and had a 3.67 GPA in college, so I'm wondering why others are paying so much for a property that needs so much work for so little rent.

Comps are valued at around $300k according to Zillow (I don't have access to MLS) Monthly Rents: $2,500 - 3,000; Annual Average Gross: $33,000 rent Property Taxes: $3,700 Insurance:$750 Maintenance & Repairs: $9,500 Other variable costs: 6% of rents Vacancy Rate: 3% (College town - generally have 5-15 days before new renters move in) Downpayment: 25% Years: 30 Rate 4.35% I am roughly estimating $5,000 in improvements though I will get a contractor to provide me with his/her estimate.

There's an international broker here who operates in both the Netherlands and the US, he'll help you out with the tax stuff.I'm investing in Maastricht and Liège (Belgium), so if you're also into national real estate, here you go!

Not that a lot of college age kids do either and they're bigger.

I was a college student and my first rental was financed with a no-income, no-asset, no-job sub-prime loan (30-yr fixed at 7.5% interest).

I often work with International students who need furnished housing for both short and long term stay.

So the only way I can get this property paid off before all three of my elementary school kids are graduated from college is to sell the property and take my captial gains.What would you do?