Bought it for 56k; paid off student loan and car debt.

I have an opportunity to purchase a SFH in the Boise area which will be used as student rental. 

@Glenn Jubildo - On top of everyone else’s concerns, that I feel are very valid,  before you purchase a 4-5 bedroom home that you plan to use as student housing, you may want to look into 1) whether or not it is legal to rent to 4 or more unrelated adults in your market (in mine it is not) and 2) if you will be able to find a property manager willing to take on student rentals. 

I started investing in student rentals 3 years ago to escape the 9-5 at the age of 33. 

I have 8 units 1 mile out from the university student center and on the edge of what might be described as "the hood."

I am interested in areas where college students and young professionals are attracted to.

Prices are high, expenses are high, and rents are modest so the strategies that can get you enough to live on, to give some examples, might be student housing, higher risk cities with low house prices and poor economic fundamentals, or starting with buying a multi-million dollar portfolio requiring hundreds of thousands or a million+ of down payment. 

If the score is low and the person is young w student loans, are there other steps I can or should take to verify that this person would be a good renter?

These are all close to two major colleges and the houses are rented to college students. 

If it can be students oriented I would go for it.