Plenty of ARM products but only a 15 year fixed.

What I know of Greenfield is that they have a large manufacturing base for job prospect, so should be plenty of renters. 

I'll be working with him on his business (financing, sales, marketing... the areas where I have experience) while simultaneously building my own/getting experience.I know there's a lot of wisdom to the contrary of jumping 100% into real estate without the safety net of a full-time job... but I'm going to make it work :) I'll post periodically on my progress and invite and value your feedback (including your thoughts on the above)!

Find someone who can help you in your area to ensure your numbers work or simply post here and there is PLENTY of help.

The very clean and well maintained part without upgrades will cost you plenty.

Hey Zach, thanks for the invite.

There is PLENTY of opportunity right here in CA!

Always ebay 10% lowes coupons you can use at Lowes or Home Depot and then pick your favorite cash back credit card as you can tell from the posts there is plenty to choose from.

I saw plenty of my friends trash some rentals (my neighbors tore out all of the drywall in the living room one late night because it was getting in the way while they were playing ping pong beer pong) there so I would be pretty scared to rent to college students there.

Sit down, read and ask plenty of questions.