I think it would be tough to be in student housing right now.

Collections are already becoming tough (and expected to get worse in coming months) paired with historically high unemployment.

Hey @Alex Keedy - it's tough to get over the hump and feel completely comfortable/feel like you're ready to invest.

On the blogs (tough because I can't narrow it down to one but here are a few of my favs though there are others who have great blog articles): Sterling White, Brandon Turner's typing beard, Scott Smith

I rarely need a contractor and if I do need one, my network has access to skilled workers. 

What a powerful moment, one you can recall in the future to keep you going when it gets tough! 

Your sales background might help if you go into wholesaling and want to cold call annoyed people all day, but otherwise smart investing isn't really much about sales, its analytical and requires a tough skin and a sort of hunter's mindset. 

For the trash I would erect some sort of area on site with cans and hire 1 or 2 separate workers to bag it up and bring it out. 

That means that you will probably have a tough time getting the numbers to work.

For a 12-foot wide house, you are probably looking at less than 1000 square feet above grade and it will be tough to get 3 decent-sized bedrooms in that space.