My husband started college in mid-30s and was able to get out of most of those classes by having certifications like his real estate license, pilot license and other such things.  

:-)  My college buddy is from Cranston (lives in West Warwick now)!  

I’m a young and ambitious 22 year old fresh out of college.

hi mike, congrats on the move. it sounds like it was not easy. but hey, thats a good thing. you have proven that you have what it takes to make it in this business. you are willing to stick it out no matter what it takes. you got what it takes. that being said, don't have such a low opinion of home inspectors. i happen to be one. some are, lets say, less that enjoyable. its not uncommon to find two different guys with 2 different opinions just weeks apart. i am sure it was not an " altogether different list". they most likely found many similar things but one guy found more issues and one guy thought an issue was a big deal when the other didn't. thats normal. it sounds like you got a decent deal on the duplex. congrats. hopefully there is equity in the place that you can use in the future to buy more. my advice, go ahead and turn that storage space into an studio apartment. who cares what to call it. lets just call it a money maker.......lol. if you live near  a college or something, you could rent it out to a college student, or make it transitional housing by renting it to someone in a transition period of their life such as someone just moving into town for a new job, or someone who would otherwise rent in an extended stay hotel, or even a vacation rental sort of thing. there are all kinds of possibilities here. good luck to you

I personally like GA since I went to college there. 3.

Hi all,I’ll keep this to the point as I’m sure there’s millions of posts like this.My situation: Soon to be college grad (May 22), chemical engineering job making 75K before taxes. 0 debt, 720+ credit score, and about 20K in reserves.I’ll be working in Colorado Springs, CO starting this summer and want to get some assets under my belt and there’s 2 options I see.Option 1: buy a small SFH for myself, live in it, then after a few years buy a second small SFH and rent out the other.Option 2: Try a BRRR but remain renting where ever I end up renting.Option 3: repeat option 1 but with condos instead.I have a good tolerance for risk but I want to keep things as hands off as possible long term.Background:I am familiar with analyzing deals, finding a good agent, etc., I was looking for deals (on market condos) for quite some time in MA while in college.

I lived in Milwaukee for a few years for college and hope to eventually migrate to investing there once home base, so to speak, is taken care of.

I owned property before 36 but, don't consider my real estate investing start until 36 years old since I analyze properties now and look at them much differently than when I graduated from college and bought a house at 23.It took me 13 years of W-2 work to be financially ready and look at buying properties as a business, not as a hobby.Investing passively in a debenture, syndication, owning multi-families and a few single family houses in great neighborhoods are all part of my long term plan to be FI before 43.  

Did you go to college anywhere?

Some colleges even have specific offices that assist with this kind of this that you may be able to contact, get a quote of what most students are paying and even list your rental on a school provided off-campus housing portal.