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Hello, for the past year I've been looking at purchasing a property where I live. And, when I decide to leave the area, I can rent it out. I'm currently finishing a degree and live in a college town, so renting a property wouldn't be difficult. 

I've restricted my purchasing location within a couple miles of the downtown/college area so that renting the property wouldn't be difficult. I finally have found a place that I like and it's a duplex (once a single family home). I've recently signed a lease for this place for one year, this will allow me to better judge if I want to buy the place, the other side of the duplex has been rented out. Paying for the place currently isn't an issue, I have enough for the 20% down payment, the other tenant's rent would cover the mortgage, insurance, and taxes. Plus the place is only ~$80k (cheap real estate where I'm at). I have a steady income and the mortgage would be less than 30% of my income (30yr, 20% down). 

The only problem is, I only plan on being in the area for a few more years tops. I'd like to take a little time off (~1yr+) and go traveling. I think this is a great opportunity to build assets as it should be relatively self sufficient once both sides were rented (totaling $1150/mo). The current owner has done several recent upgrades (windows, furnaces, etc.). I would have the place inspected thoroughly before I pulled the trigger of course.
<bot>: I have the cash to buy a duplex, the duplex would be profitable once rented, great way to build assets and a place to put my shit, I don't want to be in the area forever though