For instance, if you've determined that your max down payment ranges from 3.5% to 4%, ask yourself: do you have the 4% for the down payment plus an additional 3-4% for closing costs (Yes, be prepared to pay the closing cost for the acquisition of your properties) on a $1.3M property, at your disposal?

Looking at local groups, it looks like we have one that meets very close to me in Corvallis.

Long story short be prepared for a rundown property, quick closing (cash), and a full rehab. 

I’m not concerned with a cover that would support a vehicle since any vehicle would not get close enough for a tire to fall through. 

I just checked my BiggerPockets profile to update the number of properties we own (just closed on #27 last Friday) and see that all my information has been blown away, there is nothing there! 

Either way doing whatever you can to get as close as possible to what you are interested in is going to give you the context to ask better questions and know exactly what it is you want to do once done with your schooling. 

I am 24, live in Seattle and just closed on my first home.

As long as you can take title to it within 180 days from when you close the sale of your old property.Or you could do a Reverse Construction exchange where the QI takes title to the lot (before you do) and then the builder builds on it. 

By the time you add in ice&water shield, vents and supplies, you are close to $250 / square in materials alone.

I moved from NorCal to live and invest in Reno, NV because I still wanted to be close to the Bay Area but wanted to have much more favorable landlord/tenant laws, low property taxes (that don't reassess on the sale), consistent diversified job growth, and land constraints for higher appreciation.