W&L is just starting to require Sophomores and Juniors to house on campus, greek housing, or theme housing.

Hopefully their deposit transferred to you as new owners and will cover at least some of the damage.Rinse and repeat, the theme of disgusting move outs...

The common theme here is that they're not SMART!

House hacking is a great idea, and there are several variations on the theme.

---Well, the recurring theme from BP seems to be "participate," So I did.I started in real estate when I was perhaps 10 helping my parents out with weeding, snow-shoveling, and even some eviction cleanups. 

As I educate myself on investing, there seems to be a common theme of 'investing with other people's money; you find the deals and they finance them'.

Then you absolutely know if your management isn't meeting your expectations, because you've "been there, done that".As far as furnishings go, what theme are you going with?

You could pick up units beachside, East or West and/or stay right near the theme parks.

There seems to be a theme of checking numbers/ensuring the deal is up to par, but I assume experience is required to do so and thus, I will take a pass until that experience is gained.  

There seems to be a common theme, which I agree with - don't take short cuts and don't do it if it doesn't feel right.