I dove into real estate as a college student, working in New York City as a real estate agent during the summers.

It's a 4 bedroom 4 bathroom house in a Auburn AL which is definitely a college town (though I do not refer to it as a student rental).

I think if the industry as a whole was a little more honest with it self and with market participants you might not have as many waiting for something that is not likely to happen in the short term. if you need a house, you need a house. but, if you think something will change in 6 months you might be able to hold on, but if it likely will not change in the near term you might just bite the bullet and buy. 

We took them to arbitration, but they did not participate and we found out they closed their offices and I believe the owners are no longer residing in Florida.

Hey Bigger Pockets world,I am currently a Junior Finance student at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

The naive and unsophisticated Tardus participants think “I started with $5,000.  

Our one  insurance has problems with fireplaces but that is a student rental.

Not sure if anyone is aware of this, but Marco's partner and CFO, Ronald Fossum, was charged with fraud by the SEC fairly recently and barred from participating in any type of similar activity.

My wife and I have a few homes near campus we use as student rentals and they certainly perform well.

You would work with other lenders and do a participation agreement, but many of them will require you to put in 20-40% of the money, have a net worth of 2x what they are including as they will want you to buy back the loan if it goes into default.3.