I love investing around colleges and agree with the thoughts of @Michael Seeker above.College students will likely appreciate the following, as well:Online rent payment abilityOnline applicationsOnline lease signing Often times it is hard to get multiple roommates from different cities to be able to meet at the same time to sign a lease, rental application, etc., so e-signatures are great.

I'm pretty sue I live in the cheapest apartments possible in Austin with three roommates.

You should consider getting roommates while you live at your first place.

House-hacking would probably only be possible via a roommate, as multi-families in this area are far and few between, and VERY expensive.

It is a top/bottom duplex and he lives in one of the rooms downstairs and has tenants upstairs as well as a roommate downstairs which pays for more than the mortgage.

Dealing with college dorms as a student assistant or roommating is very different from managing rentals.

@Jaysen Medhurst it’s actually my girl friend who makes the 30k , I currently am renting with a roommate who also pays 1k a month .

If you can document a 12 month history of living with the same roommate (and receiving rent from that roommate) that will live in your new home, boarder income may be allowed under this program.https://www.fanniemae.com/content/fact_sheet/homer...One other issue if you plan to buy a 2-4 unit after living in an SFR is proving that you truly are going to move into a duplex or triplex. 

My first tenant would like a roommate.

Essentially a roommate/tenant.All utilities are combined (we pay all utilities).We claim the $1000/month rent as income.We claim 50% of utilities as expenses for a tax deductions.