When picking a market, look for places with good rent-to-price ratios and stable job growth.

What is common: buying a percentage of the whole parkThis is done all the time.Example:If the park is worth $5M and you buy 20 percent, you now own 20 percent of the entire business and all 100 pads, not specific pads.This is done through:A membership interest purchase (LLC)Partnership agreementOperating agreementYou become a co-owner, not the owner of specific lots.3.

The problem is that most only last 10–18 years—so tenants will need new jobs multiple times during your hold period.

Since you're 19, there's a good chance that your work style / interests / goals, etc will change quite a bit over the next few years, which makes finding a mentor that's well-matched to you all the more difficult...Personally, my interests/goals/skills changed DRAMATICALLY between the ages of 19 and 25--and that's a fairly common thing.

Columbus has been really strong for cash flow and long-term growth thanks to huge job and population growth, big companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Meta, Honda, Microsoft, and LG building here, and you can still find deals in the $120–180k range hitting the 1% rule.

A lot of his friends think that getting a "real job" or creating a "real business" is for chumps.

We manage over 150 small multi family (duplexes are much for common in Indianapolis than 3/4 unit places.)

Then add in the selling costs to exit when you choose to exit (6% to 9% is common for San Diego if your not an RE agent).  

I would say to try and learn as much as you can in-person by meeting people and seeing if you can shadow them on projects / job sites.

Things that are easy when you are local get hard when you are remote and have to rely on other people to check or do.For context, I've been investing for over 15 years and after I quit my job, I got licensed and have worked with a lot of OOS investors, so I have seen both sides.