The problem is the sustainability of these students.

Consider if refinancing after increasing rents could work, and whether MTR/STR demand is strong enough to sustain long-term profitability.Keep as LTR with Minimal Cash Flow: While this avoids a cash outlay, being cash flow negative or barely breaking even isn’t sustainable long-term.

It sets you up for a more focused, confident, and sustainable start.

Would a container community be more sustainable than an apartment complex? 

•Does this sound like a scalable and sustainable business model?

These subject to strategies all seem to risk doing something illegal, not my style or a strategy I would call sustainable.

If your land can sustain a data center (power requirements are huge) then the land would sell for a pretty penny.

Quote from @JD Martin: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Quote from @Matthew Drouin: Small wine town is all I needed to hear.Seasonal tourism is usually not a great industry in which to build a sustainable business.There are probably higher and better uses of your capital near high velocity metro areas.We have small wine towns near our city in the finger lakes region of western NY.  

I would like them to cash flow at least $150 a month just so the property sustains itself.

One concern that I have is that I need to be able to sustain this during a downturn.