And from what I can tell of your post, it sounds like you will lean toward being a pushover, so it will benefit you to have a hardliner first impression.I fundamentally disagree with the posters who are suggesting that you treat your tenants like inhuman cash machines.

They operate like a machine and don't put the right person in.

If you can solidfy a well-oil machine for getting units rented, and subsequently turned over in the summer time for next year, you can have a very profitable business.College housing usually starts marketing their rentals in first weeks of the spring semester, with leases starting in the summer/fall!

For instance, "I'm sorry, but our policy is that we don't allow portable washing machines in any of our units."

I would suggest you find a property manager who can give you that data or perhaps you have a friend or family member that is a REALTOR®, who could check the data on the MLS for you.  

Cel phone was a expensive toy, 286 computer just showed up in the computer store & fax machine was a big thing & every agents carried a pager.The day I get my license, I had been working in my own restaurant for 10 years.

Once there, accelerate the machine, buy another 1 or 2 investment properties in the next year and a house where we will live for a year or two to renovate, then rent it and buy another one.Do you think the plan is appropriate or do you think I should reconsider keeping the house and renting it?

But now I'm at the top looking down at a well oiled machine.

I'm now getting ready to wind back up my investing machine because I took some time off to focus on the birth of our second son (whoot!). 

CARPET CARE.Tenant agrees to maintain carpet with regular vacuuming.If liquid is spilled on the carpet, Tenant agrees to immediately blot the spot with a clean cloth and to consult with Landlord for further cleaning instructions.Tenant agrees not to use carpet cleaning machines that add water to the carpet, as most consumer equipment can not adequately remove water that goes into the carpet and more damage is likely to result.""