Therefore, I will have only about 6-8 months of employment history with this new job under my belt.

This facility is going to bring AT LEAST 1500 new jobs, possibly up to 3000, and bring BILLIONS of dollars to the AL economy. 

A lot of the time they cut the GC a discount too, so it might even be the same price to have a GC without even counting in being taken advantage of and the added carrying costs.

Not only did this cut my scheduled rental revenue in half upon closing for a few months, but each unit required several thousands in turnover cost due poor condition.  

@Jacob Holth - Before looking at a deal, for how long do you follow jobs, migration and development of your city or state?

I find myself hating my job and where I am in life.

Went to college for architecture and have worked in my professional life as a building inspector, insurance underwriter, and actuary, and I lived in a 2-fam and had two more 2-fams in my hometown of Buffalo, NY, and sold those when I got a job offer and moved to New Orleans, LA. 

I had close family members look me in the face and ask when I was going to get a real job even though I was making 3 or 4 times their yearly income.

So there's plenty of students that need places to live and jobs in the area. 

I was wondering how people went around getting mentors, like do you ask someone hi could you mentor me, or is it over time finding someone and working with them, which brings me to my next point, what would be a good first job to get knowledge in Real Estate.