I am interested in renting to college students and was wondering what others do to ensure that their tenants pay their rent?

To get a better idea google: Interval International or Dial an Exchange.

I searched for FSBO and luckily found a home in my college town.

Its a great college rental area.I would suggest you to go meet the Realtors who are investors as well.

Duncan thanks for your time I'm so new and eager .They do all of that, except examining the original deed, as part of a title search.In the old days that used to mean sending some poor intern or law student down to the court house to physically walk the title.

I am a recent college graduate looking to jump into real estate at full boar.

I have an apt complex deal i am working on that is a little over half a mile away from Winston Salem College.

With an older child about to enter College, I found EMS simply un-lucrative and I switched gears.

As to the Trades, their local knowledge about what is going on and quite often a deep understanding of how the internal structures of the homes in each neighborhood were constructed. 

Hello All:An attorney has 2 properties FSBO as he is tired of dealing with college student rentals, an area I specialize in as I rent to about 70 college students.He currently rents Property #1 for $1050 (I can rent it for $2000) and he rents Property #2 for $1050 (I can rent for $1500).