I would look into house hacking.

I started house hacking in Old North Columbus.

Hi, my name is Gabe Chase and I am 19 years old and I am looking to get into real estate investing by house hacking.

We are currently looking for a multi-family to house hack while renting the other units.

The whole house hacking idea is appealing to me too. 

Oh, and don't forget to take advantage of house hacking while you're still young.

My recommendation is to start off with a house hack, they are relatively low risk and will allow you to have a primary residence while collecting rent at the same time.

The hard money lender is going to want to know what your exit strategy is for refinancing after 6 months.It sounds like this would not be an opinion for you.My recommendation would be seeing if it can go conventional so you can leverage one of the products that allows you to house hack and put a low downpayment.I am also based in Columbus, Ohio

First interested to house-hack to save money during school How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Start with house hacking or condo hacking by using VA loan is the best choice.