Instead, loans would only be made to people with truly excellent economic prospects, and with harsh, strict, academic and workplace-related terms.I'd argue that all of this would be better for the students.

Yes - if they in writing guarantee no acceleration and DOS, then no harm.

My father in law is a nuclear engineer and he is very adamant that in order for radon to be harmful, it has to be almost direct contact with a much larger level than 4 picocuries.  

I would hate to have to take the time out of my day to view the property that I cannot get for a sweet deal.Then again, since I'm new at this, would do no harm to visit as many properties as possible and bring my rehab estimates up?

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Keeps it simple, explanations will do you no good and may do you harm.

I will go on workplace and see if I can get in touch with a Michigan broker.

With all that said, I see no harm in doing it while home values are up.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Texas is well diversified now  can it cause some harm yes but I don't see a huge back track.