@Jonathan Studdard I believe in the concept of OPM (Other People's Money) if you can leverage someone's capital(Private money/Hard money/People in your circle of influence) to get into RE, then I'd look into that.As @Michael Reilly there's wholesaling, lease options, subject-to, etc. 

Dan Ariely has a TED talk titled "Are we in control of our own decisions on presenting "dominated" options ", and their effect on influencing decisions (applicable part starts at 11:05 min). 

You can make adjustments to that to see how it influences the figures. 

And where ever you hang your hat is a big influence on how fast you will learn.

A house in the $600k plus range I will usually in addition to the previous, have a broker open house with lunch as well as additionally advertise on a neighborhood specific blog (DC has many blogs for the individual neighborhoods.) and typically two open houses.The amount of open houses is sort of neighborhood specific too, as well as is influenced by the amount of inventory on the market.  

The market is heavy with medical training, some influences from the Bakken oil fields although as that is coming to an end my area might be a place where people flock to afterwords.

We will be using our tax return to pay off any current debts and she will be getting a secured credit card to help boost her credit a bit more Which is already at a 720.  

Ignoring all other influences it will have an affect and could be cause to seek a premium.  

Now with that said if you can take some of that profit you make and use it to give back to someone in need as part of your investing strategy I think your helping others and being a positive influence in the community all around.  

Something to consider, because a reassessment at $200K would boost your tax bill $582).Insurance: $1,000 (This is an estimate based on duplexes that I own, but it may be a little light because I have $10K deductibles, something your lender will not allow).Total Operating Expenses (43.49%): $9,916 (This does not include vacancy.