My students are rarely every footing their own bill for their housing so they don't seem to be price sensitive at all.

@Tyler Hardy First and foremost, you should be sensitive to your wife's concern since her issue was so close to home for her. 

Absolutely should get more detailed before actually buying, although, your profit is more sensitive to your purchase price, estimated rehab and estimated ARV than it is to buy holding/sell/holding costs, so don't overlook the big hitters.

Additionally, they will be more resilient / sensitive to different market dynamics.

Rick H.very important and time sensitive to me. 

It's really great that people are taking action and buying, but please please please be running sensitivity analyses on your exit strategy.  

It is super sensitive to fair housing laws, however in that case you only can take one applicant at a time - not at all like SFH.

You will be better served to re establish your personal credit.In order to start rebuilding credit, the most pressing time-sensitive matter is to establish long-term open lines with good payment history as soon as possible.Open a secured credit card with a limit of 4x of a regularly recurring bill - cell phone, water bill, etc.

We need to be sensitive to what other operators are charging.  

I assume most PM companies (especially the large ones) have go-to contractors (perhaps even contracts), which saves them lots of time, and hopefully saves the customer a little bit of money.Also, keep in mind that something like HVAC going out in the summer may be time sensitive...Personally, if I were you, and I knew the HVAC was on its last legs, I would have gotten quotes earlier, and been ready with your own contractor when the time came.