I came across BP while doing some research and ran across this posting that caught my attention:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/02/09/how-to-start-investing-real-estate-young/I came across this article because I googled searched just that "How to get into real estate at a young age."

That should be painful enough to discourage using your ira if you aren't of age.

While schools can be VERY important if your property is family oriented (3+ bedrooms, large yard, etc), it can be far less important if your house is in a retirement community, is a studio or a 1 bedroom, is a trendy "tiny house", is in a work/live space, is right downtown and close to night-life or is otherwise more geared to those without children or who are "pre-child" or "post-child".I have many friends who are either empty-nesters or who are middle-aged and childless that just love finding funky houses, close to the stuff they think is cool and who never even know where the nearest school is, much less know or care how they perform.

Being such a young age (as am I), I would try to house-hack to get your feet wet and live for free..

A third party payment history verification can make the difference in being able to sell a note that has a payer with bad credit and not being able to sell a note at all.

Renter occupied: 41 % Population: 46,557 Vacancy rate: 6.1 % Median household income: $33,986 Monthly rent affordability: $849 Crime rate index: Violent: 4, Property: 5 (1-lowest, 5-highest) Ethnicity: White (92 %) , Black (4 %) , Hispanic (3 %) Age groups: Under 18 (24 %), 25 to 34 (16 %), 35 to 44 (14 %) Education: High School (49 %) , College (8 %) , Graduate School (4 %)

The lord will heap back upon them the full weight of their overpriced properties and cast them into a sea of short sales and bankruptcy.A new age will dawn.

I am 58 and many my age have cash and income and would just as soon take the benefit of lower interest and short pay-offs to build equity.

J Scott that is a good point on the age of #1.

Take your age and subtract it from 110.