I want to be able to speak their language.

Grandmont,rosedale, University District, English Village areas to start.  

Should be, but your language is a bit less than precise* so good to check on the details with a professional (*not at all unusual or surprising as most peopled don't do this every day).

Basically you delay closing and get a written agreement with the seller on tenant screening procedures.Our group is actually working on a deal currently that is pretty broken from a vacancy stand point and the owner is going to let our property management take over at the execution of the contract and then we dont close until an agreed upon economic occupancy hurdle is met.Can send you some high priced lawyer language from our contract if you want lol, hope you do not have to do anything that complex in this scenario.Cheers

@Eric BetteLook for David Greene’s book for renting out of state, one of my top book you can find it in BP book store.NOLO makes a book that shows Landlord Tenant laws by state if that’s what you want to compare every year comes w new edition..Yes you will definitely need a PM if you invest OOS and you keep your day job..I also invest close to Universities but not in NYS..

In defense of the prior painter, the University of Florida's colors are....Needs paint, but looks pretty good. 

We also have very good public universities. 

Also looking at the Towson area to be near the University. 

I am especially interested in the Tucson area around the University of Arizona.

I add the following language to my listing so there are no surprises.