Use the two years to learn the area and I would suggest as soon as you can, find a duplex and start a house hack. 

If one of the greatest investors of all time believes stocks are overvalued, this may be an opportune time to shed some risk and move into a more tangible asset like real estate.The Rochester housing market is a great place to consider for investment.

Im no legal expert but belief if you get foreclosed on 2nd home and you still owe money they can come put lien/go after first house.

If so, you may be able to wholesale the property to someone (perhaps even someone in one of those $400,000 houses) in such a way that you and your grandmother come out whole.

What if I told you that you could purchase your house by only paying for 20% of the property value?

There's alot of neglected housing out there, gentrification.

You need real insurance that covers the house when guests are there, or when it's empty in between guests. 

Let's ask: i'm donating a house I've owned for 10 years to a lcal 501(c)(3).

I have wanted to get into flipping houses and building houses since I was a little kid. 

Currently, the house looks like a warzone, with huge horizontal cracks, buckling, and crumbling drywall everywhere.