You can keep justifying it to yourself, but its not a "sharp" deal for anyone but the owner...

Just be aware that a sharp agent will alert the seller to the risk.

-Also looking into Scott Royal Smith- these both seem sharp and aggressive so if anyone else has spoken to both would love to know your pros/cons and experiences. 

The random example I like to use is male testosterone.

I couldn't agree more with everything @Andrew Johnson mentioned above (he's a sharp guy).  

Besides having a sharp business partner I've found that going to every high end education (Pete Fortunato, Dykes Boddiford, Gary Johnston,  Dave Tilney...) and rub shoulders with smart folks help train up ones perspective re strategy.FWIW I closed on one house today, another off auction.com in 4-6 weeks in an area that 99% other investors have not heard of, yet has tons of jobs, tons of growing jobs, few rentals because the growing jobs soak up the vacancies...  

We've had just regular (Sharp) panels on a rack on our roof, since 2012.  

Their "teeth" aren't very sharp - but you could threaten a paperwork nightmare for them.

Get the dumpiest place in the nicest neighborhood for the cheapest price and go from there :)PS: You sound pretty sharp, since you have a scholarship and you're thinking about this stuff.

This is a powerful step toward loss mitigation in a sharp market correction.