My question is: Are TI budgets ever offered for D Class buildings where the rents will be lower, the length of the leases may be shorter?

If it will be a while before the next student rental cycle, get the house, get it rehabbed, then put a tenant in it at a reduced rent (if necessary) and with a shorter lease that gets you to the next cycle.Or, if you're getting kinda close to the next student rental cycle, ask if you can stretch out the closing date to lessen the time you have to hold the property.

If we go with a shorter term we’d be slightly negative.

However my guess is they'll have sliding interest rates (prime + whatever) or shorter terms than we are looking for.

v=p8yzjkSQoAoThe 2nd video is shorter and has updated info on the dreaded "Due on Sale" clause in your mortgage. 

Shorter terms, higher rates,  need to report your financials to them every year. 

It would have been better if the property was rented before being sold, because that would have show actual investment use, even if the time period was shorter.

Can refinance an existing mortgage on investment property to a shorter term “Mini Mortgage.”Navy Federal 80% LTV Norway Savings Bank, MainePenFed - max 3 other properties, including primary. 80% LTV, prime + 1%, <4 propertiesQuorum Federal Credit Union 80% LTV, owned by LLC is OK.

Maybe shorter like 3 months, or?

For homes in Athens build times can be shorter because there are fewer inspections when building in Limestone County.