Appreciation, combined with the cost savings of housing your kid, makes college town real estate a fairly wise investment. Behold strategies for collecting a healthy return on investment in burgeoning college towns that boast more than late-night keggers.
You're looking for a sound real-estate investment. But prices have peaked. Your favorite city or resort destination is played out. Too expensive, and too many ominous forecasts of corrections and oversupply. You're looking for a good, safe investment and I have one in mind, a real-estate niche that plays defense and offense at the same time: college-town real estate. (Read this story in MarketWatch)

