At some point in the future, if the appliances need to be replaced, you can find used (1 to 2 years old) updated SS appliances that can enhance the look of the kitchen that will not break the bank.

this preys on people who have money, but their credit isn't good enough to get a bank involved).LTOs pay all taxes, insurance, utilities, and maintenance ($$$).LTO's pay market rent at a minimum, often slightly higher than market ($$$$$).LTO's receive none of the tax benefits of home ownership, because they don't own it ... they are waiting out the clock, and trying not to violate the terms of their agreement until they own it.I won't even attempt to get into all the different flavors of shadiness that investors will paint themselves to obtain property to sell LTO, that's a whole different rant.In this situation, the owner (real estate investor or otherwise) gets all the benefits.  

There are different flavors of appreciation, and not all of them are speculative.

It would be better if it was a fourplex, so you would have some income left from the other units.Appreciation usually comes in two "flavors:".

Right now you really want to focus on enhancing your human capital ( and college) but along the way, like summers and down time, I would really read all you can on real estate strategies (be it flips or buy and holds) and even think about some hands on work if you have access (relatives in the industry, summer jobs, etc) to an opportunity (even as a laborer on a crew)..

A website will not enhance your REI profitability one dime.

Its about using the leverage to enhance the returns on the exact same real estate investments.

@Dan Acampora , Give us a flavor of one of the recent ones!

Again, the ability to define and mitigate your market selections or operator choices base don past experiences, is huge, try to define the most painful parts of your experience and seek information to understand how your new defined Turnkey partnership will mitigate these elements and help you to enhance your ROI.Still much to consider....... much luck in your search. 

Appreciation (capital gains) come in 2 flavors, forced and market.