I'm still in the learning stages. 

Should I ask for the 75-85k and if I’m under budget just have the excess?

I can see by your expense list.When you become a grown up you will see a list like this:Mortgage  and insuranceCar payment and insuranceGas billElectric billTrash serviceCable billInternet billWedding costsKids and costs associated with them- club soccer/ travel baseball/ private schoolYou get what I am saying.At this stage in your life you are doing really well.  

I'm interested in getting into the beginning stages of investment real estate - either multi family or single family - and trying to gain a better understanding of both options.Currently, I live in NYC, so this would ideally be for out of the city and in more affordable / growing cities. 

I'm interested in getting into the beginning stages of investment real estate - either multi family or single family - and trying to gain a better understanding of both options.Currently, I live in NYC, so this would ideally be for out of the city and in more affordable / growing cities. 

If the damages are in excess of the deposit, you can give her a bill which she may or may not pay. 

Money money money - it makes people blind.Our digital world is still in the frontier stages, and we have yet to find out what it's all really going to mean and look like in the future.

Don't try squeeze out a helping hand at this stage.

The trust and the LLC are the owner of the asset/real estate, so even in the scenario that they guess, they guess wrong.This is far more than you need to know at this stage.

Maybe you could rent rooms to friend(s) and enter the world of the Landlord.These ideas may not fit your situation as you seem to be different than most 18 YOs if you're able to make a large down payment at this stage of life.