It does sound like this deal could get in the way of that to come degree.

Investors (institutional and private) need staff: analysts (you probably don't have skill set unless you learn to use the software and hardware at night, you don't need a "certification" or masters degree but they will test you in the interview stage); property managers- again need some software skills but far less; IT; sales; infill deal hunters; sales people; accounting staff... 

I am in the process of renting out an apartment in a 4 unit building that I am looking to purchase to a single mother with three children who just finished her associates degree and is looking to finish her bachelors and then go to law school.

But even that is subjective to a degree. 

I got it at Home depot and I think with the varying degrees of browns, tans, and greys in there, it should match a broad spectrum of furniture a tenant brings in.What do you guys think? 

I looked up state law and it does not appear to address temperature for heat, but there is a requirement to set the water heater no higher than 125 degrees. 

I graduated with my nursing degree back in 2019 and I plan on buying my first property this year.

However, your job must require a masters degree or higher and you have to have been in the profession for less than 5 years. 

We have nowhere near the build rate we did then, we have significantly more inflation coming down the pipeline which will artificially increase home values further and DFW is a growing market which will protect it to some degree from any financial downturn. 

I am heading off to college next month for a business degree and I plan to invest in real estate once I graduate.