You´re only 21, so maybe starting families and living in good school districts won´t be on the cards for a while, but either way, there is nothing wrong with renting a modest home/condo for a couple of years while you scale the fixing and flipping until you have enough extra cash to finance your own primary. 

@Jack McWatters yes, don`t anybody tell you you can`t do it, keep pushing and believe in your success, because it`s build up by you and your network!

While you can pull a profit out of a non-profit, it should be pretty obvious when you write your grant that your main mission is to help tenants and not yourself.You get big enough and can snag 9% T/Cs, you can get a 15% developer fee, so there is that.

You need the best of the best and that is why you can;t afford shortcuts.Get carrot and work on credibility.

Middle class neighborhood to a T.

Also add John Jackson t the list of good teachers.4) go watch a few weeks worth of videos, and buy a few of the teachers stuff and study.5) In parallel don't just do nothing, take action!! 

When delivering any notices, include this wording in the body of the letter. https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/t...edit: to add to this, do not delay your procedures, and follow everything to the word of the law.

The T/B can move on and leave you holding the bag.

I also don;t know if it is underwater.

The Canon T series cameras that Curt Davis and Jon Holdman mentioned are excellent, and are the obvious choice if your budget will stand it and you are not to rough on your equipment.