The financing deal even though is higher in value has a certain degree of risk in it.

We are told to go to college and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a 4 yr degree that teaches general knowledge, and then you have to explore additional $$ for an "advanced" degree.  

I lived on 15th street in Troy in college.

I took a 4 year break for college 13-17 without any real change in price.

I'm in a somewhat similar situation; not that my husband's not interested, he thinks he can't do any of the research/buying since he's not a native English speaker nor familiar with this aspect of the culture (never mind that my whole post-college life has been spent outside the USA, so I'm quite clueless about many things).

Hondros College and many community colleges now offers online courses as of this month.

And it was a basic means to an end throughout my 20s (I'm 32) while getting myself through too many years of community college and earning a bachelor's degree that I had too much uncertainty not knowing where it would lead.

Are you using AirBnB or some other strategy (college rentals) to increase rental rates?

I bought a 4 BR 2 BA in a college town about 2 hours away.  

You have Georgia College and Georgia Military College which keeps the downtown thriving with students.