I live in the UK with my wonderful wife, Huda, and we are both PhD Students at the University of Nottingham.Huda is working on helping cure brain cancer, and I am working on using wireless technology to give blind people more independence in future cities.We have basically 0 real estate experience, but are very willing to learn.

I just acquired a duplex (needs 100k+ of remodel and rents were quite low) at a 4 cap up by the university.

We are looking to flip a property near Ithaca, NY, in the Finger Lakes region.One of my husband's clients, "John", is a real estate investor (he deals with higher end rentals near Cornell University and Ithaca College) and has seen the work we do.

Watch out for assessments, they are quite high in those older buildings and will kill your cash flow.Stay as close to the university campus as you can and place lots of offers.

I'm looking at a property that is a 4 plex and each unit can easily rent for $900 as its directly across from a large university.

Comments about Fanshawe remind me of a university party near Fanshawe, where so many people jumped at once to test out the cheap construction the ceiling drywall fell down.

Is "investment packs" a fairly universal term for this?

One thing is universal though: the more people who know you and what you do, the better you will do.  

He said the University of Maryland in-residence classes were awesome. 

Here's a few of the good ones:- Traveling physicians, nurses, and healthcare researchers- Visiting educators and professors- Families of individuals undergoing medical procedures or extended recovery- Government contractors- Military personnel and their familiesAnd that's just to name a few.If you're willing to put in a small amount of additional effort in reaching out to the HR department at a regional medical center nearby, the admissions office of a local university or a local teaching hospital, and other research facilities, etc., you may find that you'll be in like flint.