Side note: we have agreed that once we hit a certain number on cash flow she can step down from her current job and go back to school for what she wants to do.

I graduate from my master's soon and I'm interested in breaking into the industry.

Try living cheaper and taking on less debt, get a job waiting tables, transfer to a cheaper school. 

I have worked as on office manager to a general contractor many years ago, I worked as a project managers assistant at the same company, which led me to go to school and earn a project managers certification.

@Joe Fairless Syndication School and Best Apartment Syndication Book will get you started.

the reason I don't want to go outside orem and provo is because it becomes significantly more difficult to find quality renters that I would actually live with outside of the college towns (I'm young enough to still have most of my friends in school).At this point, I'm considering scrapping the plan altogether and saving up cash to just buy a duplex later even though I have gotten everything ready to move forward if these laws weren't in place.

Hello All,I'm about to graduate from college and I've made a, well, somewhat thought-out plan of how I'm going to transition into becoming a real estate investor.

Do you have a proximity that you need to be from work, place of worship, school, or any other fixed location?  

We were originally offered this property in September for 200k because I had negotiated a first right of refusal when I was in high school with the current owner.

Same school district?