Oh, before I forget, I am also an engineering student with over 7 years of construction related experience.

@Megan LansdellI was a student on F1-visa as well.

Keep an eye out for "Old North" Columbus which is north of the university and south of clintonville. you get a mix of young professionals with graduate students and deals tend to be a bit better than very close to the university.

(Nurses and teachers)“C” neighborhoods are lower-middle class.

It's been a year since I graduated college, and I've now worked down $20k of debt (10k/30k in student loans and 10k/20k in car loan), and also got my credit score back up from 500 to 700 after missing three months of payments on two cards in college.

Unfortunately there are no colleges even remotely close to the home, so renting it to students may also be tough.

Even with mortgage rates near historical lows, limited wage growth, stricter loan standards, and high student debt loads have made it difficult for many to take the plunge.The apartment vacancy rate was 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter, hovering close to a 13-year low, according to property-research firm Reis.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookCouple good reads 9 Reasons You Couldn't Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale Deal Don't Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and Flipper How to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the FieldYou might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

As a former math teacher, the law of averages with a large portfolio is something that completely makes sense.

Hello everyone,My name is Lee and I am a graduate student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas pursuing a Master of Science degree in finance.