I have a full-time job and would like to invest in my first property in the next year.

Additionally, my schedule lined up nicely with the alternating times so it was never really an issue.

Get as a high paying job as you can

This will give you peace of mind as well as get you through these humps and allow you to focus on your business or job to work towards accumulating more properties.

There is really no job base or student base to support the high rents. 

Basically it is part of my job :)

With owning property your schedule is more difficult to coordinate

Good job calling attention to stuff like that @Jay HinrichsTo the newer investors what the guy was telling you might have sounded totally legit, and the next thing you know someone is getting taken for $800.

Doing an awesome job and getting a ton of referrals is.

I told them to get a red marker and circle each ad that they thought would be a job that they would like.