Let me give you a basic rundown of my scenario:
I am 20-year-old, engaged, soon to be married male. (Within a month!) Also, we don't plan on having kids. Ever. So, that needn't be factored in.
I live in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
My fiancee has a job that pays $9.75 an hour and is under contract for 36 hours/week, and I am currently searching for a better-paying job. (I'm unemployed, we currently stay with my parents and aren't paying rent, but want to leave. Footnote: Parents are soon to demand $450+ a month in rent for one bedroom and shared facilities-- laundry, kitchen, etc.)
Rent for a one bedroom in Parkersburg is anywhere between $350-$600/month depending on the amenities.
I go to college, but will be off until next February. Current plan is to graduate with degrees in Network Engineering and Network Security in 2018.
Parkersburg is relatively small (~31K people live here), and there aren't many options when it comes to things like ISP's and Cell Carriers.
I'd like to get started with the "buy-a-house-fix-it-yourself-then-sell-it" approach to real estate, but am unsure of how to gain the capital to do so, or how to buy the house(s?).
We have no assets and are saving to buy a used car (plenty of decent used ones around here for less than $3,000). As far as debt goes, we have about $3,500 combined in CC debt (working to pay off, not using again.) and tuition from this past semester (didn't get FA to help). After we pay off what we have, we are going to avoid borrowing, pay-to-own, and loans like the plague-- Neither one of us are comfortable being in debt.
So the question is, 'Stachians, where the hell do I go from here?
Feel free to be as technical as you like-- a healthy dose of research never killed anyone!