This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house, to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).

That way you can work backwards on the land price AND your holding costs while you're designing, permitting, and building the home. 2.

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

Sounds like DSCR as mentioned already would be the easiest way for that and wouldn't see any issues with owning/renting.

I have always been interested in home construction techniques that are different or older.Container homes, these sorts of shot-crete homes, bale homes etc.The biggest issue is not that fact that they will rent, for if they are in the right location, of course they will rent just fine.

Majority of my target market is International Students, serious about their Studies, not interested in causing issues.

Depends on the Class of the property/tenant.Class A, you may just have occassional maintenance issues.Class B, more maintenance issues, some tenant payment issues, some tenant drama.Class C, a lot of maintenance issues, a lot of tenant payment issues, a lot of tenant drama.Class D, too much to list.

Overall, I've closed on multiple properties with them before and had no issues.   

Part of the issue depends on what market your buyers are from and where they live..

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.