I have seen this where the house was trying to be used as a stash house.

My suggestion would be to drive for Uber & Lyft while you finish up school and stash that money away for investing. 

Keep stashing away from your w-2 job, resell things on Craigslist/eBay/Amazon, sell crafts stuff on Etsy, rent out a spare room on AirBnB (if you own your own single family home), do some freelance tasks on Elance or Taskrabbit - all to accumulate funds for that first downpayment.And all the while, attend some local REIA meetings to expand your network list.Hope this helps!

If you don't like the current market high, then stash extra into a cash reserve.

5) If you are not going to owner occupy, look for good lenders, lots of recommendations for those on here, traditional, portfolio loans, hard money lenders are all worth a look.6) Put all of the above together in a new deal. e.g. your SDIRA, and a BP partner do 20-25% down on an investment property; or your stash of cash becomes part of a larger deal.I did not do the OO path, but had my primary residence, and bought investment properties solo, with partners in an LLC, and via my SDIRA.

When you have received a decent payday from a deal and you don't have another deal lined up, where do you stash your money so you can get to it in a short time frame and still have a fair return?

He MUST have a stash of cash under a floorboard, or behind a removable piece of drywall.

I take it that you are just stashing money?

If you need recommendations, I plan on sharing a GoogleDoc with plenty of books to choose from as well as bringing my stash to the next meeting for anyone to peruse and order if they'd like. 

It becomes even more predictable when they're able to begin with a significant 'rollover' stash of cash from another qualified plan.