On your last point about having more properties, Don't we need to put down payment for the prospect houses? 

And every client and prospective client who has reached out to me.

Is something I should consider but not deter me or should I steer clear of these types of properties completely?

I read a post that one prospective partner wanted to run a background on his potential partner but was declined so...

I read a post that one prospective partner wanted to run a background on his potential partner but was declined so...

@Alex Black Feel your pain...finding myself in a somewhat similar situation now with student housing in PA...in my case renovation that took too long and a will be nice house which currently look as if it was vandalized...demo just over and school start next week...hope to get it rented for spring semester.I would do what @Patricia Steiner recommended...but advertised it by room as well...not familiar with the university you are operating in but there are usually last minute transfers...graduate students that return from fellowships or research abroad...international students which many time have harder time to secure places due to lack of credit and such...all these tenants usually look solo...if you can give the option of renting it furnished then even better.I would also not let the PM handle all the advertising...I am putting the ads with my contact on Places4Students...Perchn and Craigslist...the 2 first sites are specific for student housing...heard also on Uloop...then when I get an inquiry I forward it to PM and follow up with them to make sure prospective tenant was contacted.I also agree @Costin I. above that the responsibility is all ours as investors...I would not run after the PM for every little things...but I would put myself a reminder to ask for copies of the leases by Mid-March and nag the PM until I get them...Even that doesn't always work...I was calling both PM and contractor on an almost bi-weekly basis and still didn't manage to make them move fast enough...and high on my TDL is to look for an alternative management when renovation is done.Good luck

.* Learn cold prospecting techniques.

You should always consider apartments as an option for your prospective tenant, because if if it costs them more to make payments on the mobile home plus pay the lot rent, they might just rent an apartment instead. 

Obviously, lots of variables but I don’t think listing that as an occupation alone would deter me from renting to them....

I have people I know and trust living in my prospective markets.