It's probably 1.5 miles from U of A, but the tenants aren't college students, but lower income working class.

My very minimum  goal is to live for free and pay down my student loans quicker.

I just graduated from college and right now I am focusing on paying off my student loans but I want to learn as much as I can about real estate investing so that when I pay off my loans (within the next 3 years) I can take the extra cashflow I will have and use it to focus on investing.

Currently a college student but determined and motivated always looking ways to do more and get my hands dirty.

Hey BP community,I am a 21 year college student graduating in May 2016.

@Brandon WhitakerThere is an old saying - "When the student is ready, the mentor will appear."

hello I am a 21 year old college student and I really want to open a business.

I have a 8% student loan in the amount of $12K with a monthly debt obligation of $112 a month. 

You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

And THAT, is with poor market condition such as 50% of rent going in expenses which could easily be only 30-40%, 5% interest rate which is almost twice as high as what you can get nowdays and appreciation of 1% which could be 2%-5% in some markets.You see, and that is my opinion (I'm only a business student with not much experience in Real Estate but a lot of theorycrafting), buying a rental property might be a smarter and ''get rich quicker'' choice here.From a financial analysis point, you get more money per dollar invested by buying it yourself instead of loaning your money.