I live in Tampa, Florida and want to buy property near USF and deal with students.

I hear there may be some issues with the student rentals.  

In my business (technology) we are often passing clients with smaller budgets down to smaller fish: freelancers, college students even.By doing this, over the longterm, you are building out the same investor network that could help you start your own REIT.

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The students at this school are graduate level students, and are older than your traditional college student, and tend to be more mature. 

I'm def. a student and am going to read and network much more until I've got a better idea of this thing :) Thanks guys

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Atlanta is in the top 10 USS markets for student housing.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

At this moment I am a 2nd year college student , attending Franklin Pierce University in Ringe Nh.