“Mitchel, you’re setting yourself up for success early—props to you for diving into multifamily while balancing school, baseball, and your upcoming career with EY.

I'm biased toward investing in syndications since my company Endurus Capital is a syndicator.

Airbnb is a company so the only way to buy one would be to own stock in the company. 

Only companies that have a written agreement with the three bureaus can report lates. 

We learn to build relationships with people and companies.

Your strong foundation in the stock market and tech background positions you well for success in real estate investing.

To be successful as a real estate investor in any form - except maybe purchasing the Vanguard REIT index fund - an investor needs education, knowledge and understanding of real estate principles, real estate law, and real estate finance.  

Always use a property manager to keep your real estate investments as passive as possible and keep you compliant with Fair Housing laws.This way you can learn to manage the property manager and learn from experience as you go.If you buy a bunch of properties all at once, they may not all fit your buying criteria, there may be deferred maintenance that needs to be dealt with all at the same time, and you will not have accumulated the management experience building your portfolio one at a time.To Your Success!

If house hacking has been successfully executed, have you considered exploring a new house hack opportunity and converting your primary residence into a rental? 

I have done quite a few different things, one of the best to find out who is doing the most volume is go onto good and search for the "we buy houses companies" in the area you are looking to invest.