I understand that education is important if not I would not be finishing college I just have seen that an MBA has a lot of the same classes I have already taken or am going to take but oh well time will tell maybe I can have a mentor for the time being and take two or three years off after graduating and considering my success I will then decide.

Real Estate Markets in June 2015Summer is officially here, and just like the heat waves sweeping through much of the country, the real estate market shows no sign of cooling off any time soon, according to a preliminary analysis of June data for realtor.com®.Based on data for the first three weeks of June, the median list price increased to $233,000, up 7% year over year and 2% over May.

However, here are some random thoughts:If 60% of rental income provides sufficient retirement income, you can probably afford to do nothing :-) This has the added benefit of continued capital appreciation, relatively easy single family home management and tax free stepped up basis on first death.

Ryan,All three of those options are good ones, I have seen individuals build successful real estate careers utilizing those strategy.In short, option 1 is get started as an investor and option 2 & 3 are get started as an industry professional.

Late payments and criminal activity should be sufficient grounds to evict. 

I have three.

I'm currently house hacking three rooms in my house and in my opinion it is a great idea.

As other have identified, you won't be able to collect for any damages as I rented to a Canadian citizen who was a great tenant for three years till he did not pay for three months and quietly vacated the property.

Our rental has now been listed on Zillow, Apartments.com, Craigslist, and Facebook marketplace for about three weeks.

Live in one unit and rent the other three, or how ever many there are.