So your first up is to go down and take a look at your credit report, and see a mortgage broker about your ability  to borrowGo to www.upgrademycredit.com and invest in helping your credit history so that you can borrow moneyRemember that that debt to earnings ratio is the number one reason why people get denied  for mortgage, so be willing to get a second job to increase income.Start saving money every month even if it's only five or 10% of your net and put 50 to 100 bucks in.  

I transferred to a school (Eastern Oregon University, in La Grande, OR - go mountaineers!!!)

You will have some rental history on the old place, hopefully a bit of equity & they can give you a good idea of what terms they are willing to offer you, which in turn will give you some guidance on how you need to approach your next deal.Best of luck.

These neighborhoods are family friendly with new schools and are about family. 

Many of the OG landlords are from the old school of bookkeeping, which are journals.

Please give your honest feedback.1) At the conclusion of each walk through, if they are still interested, I will have them complete a paper application with job and rental history.2) Within a few hours of each walk through, I will attempt to contact previous landlords and verify employment.3)If all is well, they will move on to the next step, which is to complete an online app through the BP smartmove site which will check credit, background and eviction history (applicant will pay).4) Based on the results I will narrow down the applicants and then choose a tenant somehow (???)

I mean in some places you're dealing with school taxes alone of about eight to nine thousand a year.

My name is Ben, and I am an elementary school teacher in Tallahassee.

At a certain point the cost of private schools and constant rent increases and moving is weighed against the appeal of owning a home in a safe suburb with good public schools.

The Phase I will do more than just review the history of the property and surrounding properties.