I am currently a student pursuing a second degree in nursing.

Welcome @Mike McCarthy The more you participate here the more you will learn.

I plan to work part time in manhattan and possibly queens too because I am a full time student.

If you want to acquire property by participating in the tax deed auction itself, many of them are online now days, you simply have to make sure you are registered by the required time frame with a 5-10% deposit of your maximum bid. 

If I have over 100k in student loans what is the best route to purchase my first property?

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I live in Binghamton, NY, it's a small city and everybody seems to be buying everything up and turning it into student housing, maybe that's why no one is interested.

I think you should stick to bread and butter class C and B rental property and stay away from these niches like student housing or military towns.

Especially, in my experience, for student rentals.But, fundamentally, its a money question.

I am looking for an investment property where I can give individual rooms to student or single working professionals.