My wife and I own 2 duplexes in our home city of Columbus and will be closing soon on a Multi family near the University of Cincinnati where our children go to school.

I'd take that and compare it with some of the schools of thought on criteria shared here on the site.

And get your feet wet in real estate, after 5 years of owning and operating your first rental and focusing on school, you'll probably have some equity and savings $300/mo x 12 x 5 = $18k to be able to do something exciting after college is over!

Let me explain why:I am currently in Real Estate school to get my sales license and just tonight I finished my course on Short Sales.

I rented to a lot of young people- several college students, a high school teacher, a single mom & kid- they were mostly interested in living in that particular neighborhood, I don't think the apartment vs. duplex thing figured in to it.I also agree that separate(ish) yard is a nice feature if you can get it.

You can check out narpm.com for residential property managers.When going to a new city, i pay the fee to use Angies List - I seem to get more professional outfits than service magic, but that may just depend on where you are - and I only look at contractors with 5 star ratings and service awards.

Also this spring I will be going to school to further my education.I have always been interested in real estate ever since I was young.

Please don't drop out of school to do REI.

Great guy, He told me to call him when I graduated from high school.

I moved to Vegas for a dream job at a REIT right out of school. 9 months later they were closed down and I was left only holding a real estate license.