[Similar to the Student Loan Bail-out where people who made different (and smarter) choices, are forced to give up  their hard earned money to others.]2) When is this country going to really realize that we are headed down a steep slope to ruin?

However, they eventually became blinded by profits and began heavily marketing to high schools students.

You will be able to market to all the Naval Aviation students.

Is the appeal to having it in/near Tempe renting it out to college students? 

Here is what I would suggest to see if someone is good - Google their name and see what people say about them knowing that as a teacher/coach you can't please everyone. 

Second largest metro area in Alabama with a population of over 500,000 when including Baldwin County, of which over 40,000 individuals commute from for work.3. 7.5 miles from downtown is The University of South Alabama which employs more than five thousand people, and has over 15,000 students.

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The Dallas one was 13 miles away from SMU in a submarket that will likely not draw one student, one faculty member, or even one employee from SMU. 

I've always compared rent-by-room to student housing.