A client of mine has two STR's with evolve and has an eh experience.

A friend of mine is a specialist at finding these deals.

I'm starting to think the seller got previous offers that were lower, and mine was chosen only because I offered the actual 225K.

Mine says no one can live there without the landlord's permission.

I avoid buying any deals with any major negatives to it such as busy streets, near railroad tracks, in airport flight paths, having a large number of stairs to climb from street to front door, commercial unit next to or behind it (unless the play is to convert the usage of course), or any major factor that will hinder your buyers pool With a smaller buyers pool comes less competition for your unit and therefore, typically will make it more difficult to sell (longer hold times) and for less than the model match on a non busy street or without major detrimental factors.This opinion of mine comes from 15 years of experience and making some of these mistakes.

I did mine and they locked it in at 2.25% and the amount borrowed is lower because I've had paydown from the original loan.

Mine has the washer and dryer in it, mainly because of it's location it's very difficult to get one in an out of the laundry room/half bath.

@Theresa Harris thank you for the feedback, I am currently house hacking, but the property is not mine.

Ultimately her estate will be mine alone .. 

Homes by campus are a gold mine if you can find one.