My situation: I graduated college in May 2024 and started a FT position at a public accounting firm in September.

Perhaps not a trend to consider across the city but any neighborhood that would attract college educated young professional families seems to be a good bet if you wanted to focus on this asset type.I plan to build 12 townhomes as a second phase of a condo/townhome project in a good area of Mount Airy near the Chestnut Hill boarder and even though I’m likely to years away from being ready to begin phase 2, my current plans are to keep the 12 homes as rentals for the precise reasons I outlined above.  

Appears the PMC has done a terrible job of communicating expectations with you about their services.Regarding the tenant that wants to pay 12 months of rent upfront:1) They better have great credit or no-go.2) Have them prove they are an engineer with a copy of their degree.3) Get last year's W-2 to prove they were working. --- How will you know W-2 is not fake?

We're a couple big manly men so we go upstairs and there's a couple bedrooms and a small bathroom, but it is crazy cold up here, like ten degrees colder than it is outside at least.

I teach college level  algebra and trigonometry to high school seniors at Louisiana School for the Blind. 

That's what was told to me my junior year of college way back when. 

-I live in a modest apartment in the center of the Denton square- Denton Tx is a college town and there are many renters, especially college studentsMy question is, if you were in my situation, what is the best first move here?

When I allowed HH properties at my company, we screened people to the degree we could (credit, background, income, rental history), but you still end up with some percentage of "crazies" who can derail the entire property and force out your other tenants.  

It obviously turned out to be the wrong time for an investment of such a degree.

But, for the best potential tenant pool, I would suggest looking to invest in neighborhoods in close proximity to hospitals, colleges, local markets, easy commute, provide sense of safety etc.