I have an Ivy-League degree in Film Studies.

Play the drums in rock bands, coach little league baseball and football, but my favorite is deer/duck hunting and fishing.Clint

Consider this the cost of Ivy League education -vet all your partners, investigate with more vigor on the property, have your own team to trust. 

--and these connections will be very valuable as you grow your portfolio (when you hit the big leagues, you'll need a contact list of armies of contractors, electricians, plumbers, neighbors, city officials, zoning officials, inspectors, landscapers, PM's, agents, mortgage brokers, etc., etc.

I can't believe you said something DUMB like that buying a house for $10k...You not even in my league rookie you need to go get a job because you have no idea what you are doing "WALMART" is hiring for greeters I'm  sure you will be very successful!!!!     

Put it out there to your co-workers, friends from church or little league, around your neighborhood, on a your facebook page, etc, etc.

She picks them up and drops them off, takes our oldest to travel softball practice and our middle three to softball and little league and watches the youngest 2 while that is going on.

For instance outside of Houston, Conroe and League city are growing like crazy. 

It was this paradigm that formed the original curriculum of institutions like Harvard, Princeton, and other Ivy League schools—institutions to which I wouldn’t send my own children today.

Even if you just join a sports league or something.