Thank you @Brad M. that is awesome advice, especially because were trying to find a MFH as close to campus as possible (w/o spending a million lol) @Ben Leybovich Thats the sage advice I expected lol @Aaron Montague thanks for the heads up, Ive seen a few "cheap" MFH but I'm sure theres a HUGE reason.  

We have not talked numbers or financing yet but he said I can bring in an inspector to take a look around.The last piece is that I'm self employed, earning around $30k a year, no debt, around $35k in cash I'm willing to invest, though I would prefer not to spend it all on one property.  

Was a little bit more than what I want to spend at the time.  

If you have time consider spending 30 minutes for 30 consecutive days on Bigger Pockets.

In the meantime, spend a few dollars on a good photographer so the house will look great on the MLS listings. 

I am recently married and want to build a residual income stream so that I can spend more time at home, with the ultimate goal of not having to travel for work at all.I am looking for a partner, but you can read about that on my profile, since no sales pitches are allowed here.

I wouldn't mind spending a couple hours and seeing if I can put something together and then sharing it back with the community.  

I must echo what others have said and add, once you have your investment goal for the area set, you need to spend some time getting to know the neighborhood. 

How I got started is easy: I saved all my money, hustled up income everywhere I could, didn't spend extravagantly on consumer goods, went to college, got a better paying job, saved more money, learned how to do/fix/install virtually everything. 

I am in the same field, and I got into real estate and think it works fairly well with education (if your job has some flexibility like mine)...I can recall spending like a hundred grueling hours fighting over half someone's deposit in the legal aid office and stalling the eviction an extra week or two on  technicalities (a noble cause for sure), but they still, of course, were evicted eventually with no money.