@Caleb Rehg  I would advise your first step is to search this site for college student rentals and student rentals and read all you can. 

What other funds have this business model diversified like this and have been successful?

I was talking to a RE friend.He said it's a bad time to buy* rates are high* homes are expensive in most marketsLooking to hear some counterpoints. Thanks

Another way is to check out this website.

Wow, this was a great article

This may seem like a dumb question. 

The other site that I would be looking at is meetup.com as well, they have a lot of meetups in your area that you can attend to get in front of people doing the stuff you want to be doing.  

Can anyone verify if this is accurate?

There are plenty of entry roles from cold calling, scrubbing data and find deals for investors, leasing assistant, work on construction sites, office admin, project coordinator, Title assistant, RE photographer, transaction coordinator.. on and on. 

This is what I recommend to new investors who contact me asking if these numbers look good.