Sharpen your sales skils / people skills.

I couldn't imagine managing a property from out of state unless you had an extremely strong team of people in your market to help with showings, inspections, repairs, etc.

Except I didn't get sued by the Marion County Health Department; my timelines and the people are the same...

Based on researches I have done, many people like investing in Orlando FL right now so I was looking there for now.

If she paid other people, you basically hired her as a GC.

As @Charles Carillo said, you can make the most of that time, but most people just waste the 4-5 years and then end up doing something unrelated to their degree field anyway.Maybe look into a Trade School, like an electrical one....nice clean work that pays really well.

Most people don't keep good books anyway.

Buy property and hold onto it forever.If you listen to YouTube gurus that tell you to borrow money from other people, max out credit cards, or that you can buy 50 houses in one year, then you get what you deserve.

Occupancy is limited to two (2) persons per bedroom plus two (2) additional people or one person per 100 square feet for a maximum of twelve (12) persons for any rental.City of Holmes BeachThe City of Holmes Beach regulates vacation rental units and does not permit a unit to be rented or offered for rent without a valid vacation rental certificate, which is valid for two (2) years from the date of issuance.

I understand if funds are not available it is easy get blinded by what saves the most, but if multiple people are telling you that it is a bad idea mostly likely is because they have learned that most of the times or never, saving in the short-term doesn't payoff.