I am a current undergrad at ODU and graduating in May.

I did my masters and finished paying it 3 months after my graduation.

You should also assess any debts you have after graduation so you know what you are playing with.

I'll leave it to you to figure out whether or not that would meet the HOA requirements.I have graduate students in some rentals and they are fantastic tenants.

He gets the benefit of credit-building, house-hacking experience, and student loans paid down by income after he graduates, and with him as owner occupant we get better interest and insurance rates. 

For a bit of background I just graduate in May with an engineering degree from UF, and I was fortunate to begin a job in West Palm in July.

I just graduated from college and have zero real estate experience (statistics degree and I work at an investment bank) but I am looking to try my hand at short term rentals.

I graduated college three years ago and have performed well in my first job out of school in logistics sales (my W2 in 2015 was $44,000, then $79,000 in 2016, now trending for $129,000 in 2017) but even then, I'm finding myself using the time at my day job to study and research what I really want to do--retire with ample passive income when I turn 40 in 15 years. 

Also, I have had fantastic luck with graduate level medical students.

Especially since I just graduated a little over a year ago.