You can use student loans to help with or cover the down payment of a house for you to live in and can rent out the rooms to friends.

I read somewhere where someone used student loan money to buy a property.

I'd like to get into the multi-unit student market.I grew up in the Waynesboro/Staunton area and know them very well.

I have been a preschool teacher for 8 years, and although I love what I do, there's no retirement or security in that field.

Teachers in this area of the state make a lot of money too, relatively.

Naturally, the options available as a landlord will depend on location: in Thunder Bay or Sudbury you have the niche of student rentals; in a bustling resource town, you will have a high buy-in, but high-rent.  

Every professional was once a student...

I was wondering whether anyone has experience with student rentals.

It's a 15-20 minute drive to UW without traffic, and 30-35 minutes with traffic (in my experience when I was a student there last year).We're looking to price it somewhere around $300k.  

I have a great job on campus and she manages the Ventana Student Housing here by Krispy Kreme.