It is rather broad, my question, but basically I am asking if it would be a wise idea to use my money to acquire a home and live off of my student loan money (which i can accept up to 50-60k if needed.

I work late shift Broad Ripple area for the PD and play there after long shifts for a stress reliever.

A broad education is very important for success in the real estate business.

As Jon Holdman says, the key is whether you are doing business in California and the state has a very broad reach as to whether you are doing business there.

I agree there is definitely an array of information to absorb and differentiate between what goes with what, but we are keeping momentum up and speaking positive and learning a lot.

If looking in a broad area, use searchtempest,com to search craiglist rather than one location at a timeunder real estate categories,I would use terms:plexduplexunittriplexfourplexaptapartmentI would search every couple of days, in case something really interesting turns up.You will get a lot of noise, but this is how to turn up things and not miss much of what you are looking for.

I would go to eLance.com, post a broad listing of what you "think" you want, and when the replies start pouring in, you can ask more questions at that point in time and essentially get yourself a free consultation from experts.Of course, "experts" is pretty subjective, but the good thing with eLance.com is that the people all have customer feedback, so if you are talking with someone who has great feedback, your confidence level in their advice can obviously go way up (and vice versa).

That's too broad.

Also ask questions in the forums, you will definitely get a broad perspective.Oh yea, and another Texian!

Best advice I can give for such a broad question is to read landlord threads here and when you have a specific question ask it.