Which do you think a tenant will pay first - their car or rent payment?

PLUS, you are 10x more likely to cause a loss personally from a car crash, a pet bite, an injury at your personal home, etc etc.

So when you need to go check on things, rent units, meet contractors, etc, you're jumping in the car for 6 hours, spending 1hr there, and I'm thinking after a full days's work. 

It’s less than 15 minutes by car from two major universities (Towson & Morgan) and just a 7-minute walk from a shuttle that services both campuses.I plan to rent the property by the room, targeting mainly college students due to its proximity to the schools.

Then rent some exotic cars, a yacht, a mansion and some hot women so you can sell this formula online like Tom does.

Work on your living cost versus doing the normal buy a duplex and out $69,000 down.  

That is not normal for that area, but it is sometimes how things go.If you Google the street view of the Parker property, you will see that, in my opinion, it is not an area you want to be in long term.

Best tips are take it slow and make sure you have significant reserves when you leave your w2 also don't buy a company car if you already have a car just to say it's for work.

New owners are normally at 2 extremes...

I feel ya, but it's a normal and customary practice.