I am 36, with a degree as Medical Doctor, never getting into practice. 

Maybe you could be no-pets most of the time, but have a couple of  "pets welcome" weeks in the winter (110 degrees +dogs isn't a good combo anyhow).

Typically it involves some type or owner financing, or a private lender (friends family or associates. 

I bought this alongside the other, so same story as the last... as early as 12 perhaps, my mother - who is a Korean-American immigrant - engrained in me two defining principles that have literally guided me to the here-and-now:1 - Invest in real estate2 - Work for yourselfSo that's what I decided to do at age 20 as a college-undergrad who didn't feel as if the traditional path of Bachelors Degree - graduate - Masters Degree - graduate - 9-to-5 until retirement was the route for me.

We're founding members of the National Private Lenders Association and we do lending for Brandon Turner and have a huge national network of borrowers.

I registered my entity in Ohio and I paid property tax associated with the property.

Texas is a big state with varying degrees of economics.

I just booked a session with Anderson Associates for myself and the property I'm invested in and hoping to invest in. 

Degree? 

With a PM, there is a degree of separation and I won't be tempted to "help them out".