While it's only 20 min away it's still seemingly too far of a commute for those working in B/CS (or students). 

:)now I'm looking at my possible second deal.it's an older one. 4 bedrooms 1 bathroom, will need painting, furniture.. might be able to keep the kitchen, but it's old looking. will probably be renting to students and truth be told. they don't have options. very few places to rent in the city. 45k + repairs, rents for 125/bedroom/month (around 500). now the cool thing it actually brings an attic that already has water and electricity, and an old bathroom in it. would have to fully restore this attic but I would be able to make a 1bedroom apartment there. won't probably rent it for much more than a bedroom on the actual apartment though as it's a descending ceiling on both sides.

I have a duplex that I’m furnishing to attract international graduate students and visiting professors.

The law doesn't allow the college to open the property to the public but they may be able to lease it to my company with a Master lease and then I could open it to the public with priority going to college students and faculty at discounted rates.

Student housing, workforce, assisted senior living?

There are a few concerns that I have out there, student loan debt, rising CC debt and a fair amount of auto loan debt to sub prime consumers.

I have close to an 800 credit score and no debt besides student loans (10k).

I have been searching for an answer to my student loan problem, and I truly believe real estate is my solution.

@Anthony Wick it went towards paying off over $140k in student loans, car and student loan debt.

I work at a low income public school and some teachers come in that become very frazzled by disrespect from the students.