I have looked into the REIA and the closest one I could find was 2 hours away and met during the work week.

Most of the student rentals closest to TTU are single family homes in the Tech Terrace area or condos and apartments in North Overton. 

This is the closest I've been to finally owning my first piece of real estate, so any advice you guys can give me would be a huge help.

The ARV will perhaps be the easiest and closest thing to which you'll have data for. 

@Paul LaGrandeur your line of thinking echos what I have heard many others say, i.e. focusing on Pawtucket since it's closest to Boston and the T.

So with that being said the only people considering the inexperience comes into play, the closest you can get to people who "know, like or trust" you will be your family members.

@Sandi L WilliamsThe closest program that I am aware of to what you are asking is the investor cash flow program.

Probably going to be the closest/best option.

He had reasons for everything- the wire transfer had to be early b/c the title company was undergoing an audit and wouldn't be able to clear a check for closings from April 15-May 1, not to call him since he was attending a closing, and he even gave a plausible answer when I asked him where the closing would be- he happened to pick the only title company we have used in that city, maybe by finding it in the e mails from past dealings or maybe since it is the closest one to my realtor's address. 

This property is the closest I have seen.