Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

No you do not have any leverage. 

My 2 biggest issues are getting the occupied units registered as occupied and not Vacant, there is no toggle or selector to do so. 

I just picked up the book on investing in real estate with no (and low) money down.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Asking questions this open-ended with no background is just reverse trolling.

But I think they'd be around $4,800 (conservative estimate).Seller is also claiming there are no common electricity at all- which is hard to believe, considering there's common gas, water and sewer. and most likely a common area electricity.

I currently work for a big GC company in Columbus, Ohio, and have done both rehabs and new builds.

I finally got down to analyzing deals, working with a realtor, etc. but I’m having a hard time investing in an STR when I know the returns I get from investing in more product in my business is exponentially more and quicker turnaround.

Student housing is a definite no for many or perhaps most/all standard carriers but pricing doesn't necessarily have to be triple.  

The only downsides I’ll gripe about is the time it takesto get used to the move in process of adding a tenant (if you already have people) and that I don’t find it mobile phone friendly for doing a lot of work however short quick hit issues are great on the phone.