I did a complete walk through and review of the financials of the 18 units in 4 separate buildings.

You can start real estate investing, reading resources, familiarizing yourself with the Albany, GA market, setting short-term and long-term goals, preparing financially, building a team, conducting property searches, conducting due diligence, making an offer, managing property, and joining local groups.

Most college kids don't have anything saved so you are building the right away.

I'm really on the learning stage at the moment and I know that I have to find and build the right team to make things work.

I’ll give you that AI can drive machines that one day can build houses to some degree.  

I started in financial planning at 24, started my own firm at 26, got my CFP at 27, sold my firm at 37, while building up real estate along the way.

As for networking in general, once again, any advice on communicating and building relationships that will accelerate my growth is very greatly appreciated.

Your understanding of the depreciation recapture process is almost correct, but there's a minor error in your calculation.When you buy a house for $300,000, with $100,000 attributed to the land value, you have $200,000 allocated to the building or improvement value.

Unless you also had plans for new builds in the near future, in my opinion, there's much better investment options available in the immediate area

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