Recently have been honorably discharged.

(Let's also detail that the house was bought for $20k and the owner put $5k into the house to get heat, water, and electricity active but the home but fundamentally the home would fail any basic HUD habitability inspection)At the end of 5 years the house most likely will still be worth $60k and the tenant will have $6,000 of theoretical equity to purchase the house with the landlord knowing full well any bank will require the buyer/tenant to come out of pocket ~$30k to cover the gap in equity.I have seen these renew themselves to attempt to help appreciation catch up with the contract price and I have personally met with un-educated tenant/buyers who thought this was a good deal and are furious when they realize they put thousands of dollars down and really can never really purchase the home.I have walked numerous homes and communicated with the owner to show them what happens when a broke un-skilled tenant "fixes" the house for a few years...if it isn't actually falling apart and many times even if it does they ignore it. 

Nice place to be and honorable place to be not having to beg your lenders for mercy.   

I started working in the construction business since I was 17 including those college years.Now I graduated from college with honors in 1980 and got a real estate broker license since then and never have done that full time.  

One of the reasons many people in California can invest in large amounts out of state is because they have high paying jobs, like the numerous tech workers, that live here in the Bay. 

In the unlikely event my son can't honor his commitment, I can.

But, after numerous inquiries with landlords, rental offices and students themselves, the rent paid for off-campus housing seems to be all over the board, with no particular rationale for why they're charging one price over another.

I would like to grow faster and I see people buying numerous properties in a years time.

I live in a good sized college town where multifamily units are numerous but rarely come on the market.

@Derick HannaYou must honor the leases.