I rented out a room and even Airbnb'd my room in order to pay off student loans and save money for another property.

You can approach it a couple of different ways:  if you are renting to college students, you can choose to rent either the entire house or rent by the room/student. 

However, I am conflicted on whether to invest in a college town where properties are a bit more expensive but will for sure be rented out by students with parents on the line as co lease, or in Toledo where property prices are a bit cheaper but finding tennants may be a bit tougher with more expenses.

My wife is also a student graduating in August.

Keep in mind these are college students and I don’t see them renewing as it’s their final year. 

Hi all, I am an American student at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada.

Hello everyone,I am currently a Case Western Reserve Accounting student that will be going into my last year.

Pay off student loans before real estate investing?

I've used Zillow for all my student rentals and have had no issues.

Even working for the University I ended up with around $40K in student loans.