You have to be smart about finding the right property, but so much of the learning (unfortunately) will be done in real life experiences- for me anyway.

If you walk into an occupied house that the occupant doesnt want you in, you might be playing with your life.

That is exciting that you are winding down this stage of life.

Absolutely, I think many things in life happen for a reason.

Otherwise, some book recommendations (these include mostly books on business/lifestyle or buy/hold investing):- "E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber- "Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyosaki (further builds on the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" foundation)- "Set for Life" by Scott Trench- "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene- "The Book on Managing Rental Properties' by Brandon Turner and Heather Turner- "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod-"HOLD" by Gary Keller (geared toward SFR)-"The ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy (geared toward commercial investing)"Multi-Family Millions" by David Lyndahl (This is on my list of "To-Reads".

I have recently moved from Denver to the east coast for family and want to start my new chapter in life with Real Estate being a big part of it. 

FHA maintains PMI throughout the life of the loan.

@Verna Littleton and @Nathan Beach have jumped in and are ready to rock.From our experience with human beings, we always scout at least three other alternatives who can jump in and take over at any given time since we can't afford to slip.

One other thing I learned is that 'Cash Value Life Insurance Values' are not counted either, presumably because that is not an easily available means of getting cash to pay for school.

@Daniel Tisdale  Like most things in life and investing, it depends!