After doing math, I realized I could be allocated that money to a mortgage instead, and get a roommate to foot the bill.

What would you guys suggest I can do now to put my best foot forward once I start.

I generally recommend house hacking as the way for someone who is new to get their foot in the door but it sounds like you want to use real estate as a way to generate substantial income first and foremost, with investing being secondary?

Conveniently located in the center of Albany on Solano Ave, a busy area with very high foot traffic, amid lots of business, Albany Twin Cinema, Albany Sauna, offices, restaurants, Nail shops, coffee shops and unique stores.

They purchases the end of the production runs so you might have to buy odd amounts of flooring, but typically $2 per square foot. 

Square foot price is in our range.

Here's the list:Upstairs Unit· Demo of kitchen· Demo of bathroom· Replace countertop to a stone counter (Color to be selected by customer, $3000 allowance) · New stone island countertop ($1500 allowance)· Island cabinets ($1000 allowance)· Design, Build, Install Ikea Kitchen cabinets (Kitchen & Island)· Ikea Kitchen Cabinets ($119 Linear Ft, 20 Total Linear Ft)· New 12 x 24 tile installed in kitchen (145 Sq.

This property is down the street, and is selling for $415K, has 6 beds and 4 baths, and 3,380 sq ft ($122.78/sq ft).If the fire-damaged property was rehabbed and the price per square foot was the same as the reference house, it would be worth $377,548 (3,075 * $122.78).If it cost $100,000 to fix the house, that would put the all-in cost at $229,000, and if the 70% rule is applied, then the max list price is $264,284 ($377,548 * .70).  

The property on Muirfield Road is a five-bedroom, 5,100-square-foot Tudor-style home, built in 1926, on a 22,000-square-foot lot, including a swimming pool, guest house, and a stairwell area with a neon sculpture by Dan Flavin.

Like much of the midwest, the market is more resistant to down-turns and fairly linear.