It's important to me that we purchase in a school district that I'd be willing to send my own kids.

I started my real estate curiosity by taking a real estate sales person and appraisal course through Allied Business School and realized I didn't want to be a sales person but rather an investor. 

Buy in the best part of town or school district, and maybe the appreciation will take care of your desire to hit a home run. 

The tenants buy out, depending on how long they have been there, are there kids going to local schools, etc.

Ours was a single family and the other persons was a 2 bed condo; I think once people can't move before school starts the rental market here diminishes a lot.I didn't contact people who had looked previously because I figured if they were still looking they would see my price drop on the websites.

One response was from a coordinator for a group called the Opportunity Council, which helps transition people in school get back into the workforce.

They are the only thing I've really had time to dig into since I got on BP because I've been in real estate school and studying for my test but I take it Wednesday so hopefully I can get that responsibility out of the way and focus on more important things like finding deals!

I was thinking about saving up a down payment ( instead of borrowing against that house) over the course of next year from all my school returns, tax return, and any wholesale deals I do.

We care a lot about what schools our kids will go to, which means we will probably move sometime in the next 6 years.

I also found out that they never paid for garbage service and were just illegally dumping at the school dumpster across the street.