Mostly, you’ll be renting to local residents (some of whom may be employed by the university), but they’re not paying the rents that students are.

@Robin Roundtree- thanks ....if you move - will your husbands  income /  employment be able to  continue ?   

For me, I prefer to physically visit the different neighborhoods in the area that I plan to buy in as well as look at online crime & census tools (employment, pop. growth) 

From my experience those who succesfully self perform have enough volume where the construction management becomes their full time employment.

I assume you verified their employment.

I’m going to get very detailed with the numbers.Background info:I just turned 25, I have been self employed for about 5 years now.

I want to buy, rehab and either long term rent or short term rent(airb-n-b).The question is how do I get funding for rehab if I am not employed?

This is a good question since I do not want to commit mortgage fraud - my plan was to list it for rent around 90-120 day mark and file a work relocation letter with my issuer letting them know my employment situation has changed to a new location.

I’m going to get very detailed with the numbers.Background info:I just turned 25, I have been self employed for about 5 years now.

Large anchor employers is another key ingredient to look for when you are looking to deploy your investment capital.