I am located right between Peoria and Bloomington so I think either market would be good option or even a town like Eureka with a good school district and not much in the way of open rentals.  

I’m a younger guy (23), just graduated college with a bunch of debt.

Math was my worst subject in school, but now that I can see how it applies to real life, it's my favorite thing to do.

The house is in a great neighborhood about 5-7 minutes from town and is still in the best school district in town.

I have lived in Charlotte for 14 years so I know school districts, the different areas, age of certain areas, you know the stuff you should know when you've lived somewhere for 10+ years.

Mind you, I work full time and I am in a graduate program so I have to be very intentional with how I allocate my time, but I would like to up my time spent on this to 10 hours per week, or 1.5 per day. 

Hello all: My name is Russell and I will graduate from university this May.

I come from no money, not rich parents, no degree, but i hustled since i was senior in high school, so that was all i had, and i am at 45-50k salary with W2 job. 

Good schools?

Being so new to the area, however, I still do not know which specific areas or neighborhoods around DFW that are good locations in which to buy (low crime, good schools nearby, fair rent, etc.).