The current rents are well below the medium for the area.

As @Charles Carillo said, you can make the most of that time, but most people just waste the 4-5 years and then end up doing something unrelated to their degree field anyway.Maybe look into a Trade School, like an electrical one....nice clean work that pays really well.

I originally posted this a year ago and I am happy to share the results in a comment on this post, but before I sway anyone's opinion I would love to hear your thoughts...So with that said, historically the industry accepted standard for underwriting a projected exit cap rate is the market stabilized cap rate plus a 10 bps for every year held.

I'm currently a server and been in this industry for 20 years, I've had enough.

It almost never ends well. 

Ive spoken to PM's down there as well as Clayton himself.

So I am looking to invest with HomeRoom as well.

I'm currently conducting research focused on Section 8 housing and am seeking industry veterans for 10 minute interviews.

Well, first I'm a long term buy and hold investor.

We use it for rental as well when we're not there so there's income coming in.