You can also try the travelling nurses route, a lot of them are looking for low cost housing when in town. 

That is smaller units built with higher density to make the numbers work for both buyers and builders.Adapting to these challenges isn’t easy, but it’s necessary to keep up with the market.What are your thoughts on how builders and developers can address affordability and supply issues. 

Built porch floor, wheelchair ramp for the future maybe.  

Hi Levi - I'm also looking into OOS and heard about Tuscaloosa, AL being a good college town to invest in.

BP has built a great selection, all of them worth reading and that will help you build foundational knowledge.To answer this one: the words from old school investor Dolf De Roos "seldom sell" and you will find a lot of post on BP from people who regret selling properties in the past.

It’s like a built in test. 

A few months back, a fellow broker brought me a pocket listing for a newly built and stabilized 32 unit apartment complex. 

Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

Our local towns and rental assistance programs really appreciate those that try to work with their tenants which has helped me several times through easier permitting processes.

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.