Wade,first you have to make sure the town allows Student rentals, most College towns do, but you can rent it by the room as long as its 4 rooms or less usually, or a multi family house. ( 2 family you can have 8 rooms ). most Property Managers will try to rent to a group before renting rooms individually, easier for them.

Which one usually has more action, more players, more that I could watch, listen and learn from?

I dont usually share much but I plan to start. 

I usually meet the person face to face and give them a walk through after having them submit an application (which I review to see if they meet my qualifications).  

I dont usually share much but I plan to start.

I usually subcontract out myself on our remodels so I don't have a GC contact unfortunately.

If not then this is probably a negative cash flow property even at $1600/month.

And as far as your credit is concerned use www.lexingtonlaw.com to clean up negatives off of your report if your interested in using an effective credit disputing service.

The company who sold you the home would buy it back from you but usually for less Bc they have to turn around and sell to another investor and make a profit.  

I was relentlessly aggressive and I took advantage of negative market headlines to make some of my most aggressive offers, and often they were accepted.At the same time, I had to market myself as an investor and project manager.