All that did was force it underground and attract criminal elements.I do agree we need to teach personal finance.

You can just point guests to it and should answer a lot of their questions before they even ask (check in and out process, parking, local attractions and restaurants, etc.).

What strategy should we use to attract triple A tenants or even nationals?

The price points in these three areas are attracting many investors and consumers are flocking as well because of the relative affordability. 

I don't know the Tobin Hill area anywhere near as well as you but it seems like a very attractive area to invest in future growth. 

I understand a stick-built home is more attractive for brokers because it'll be more expensive, thus more commission.

In the area around my school, there are mainly single family homes with a few large multiplex, but there's alot of demand for students wanting to find houses they can rent and live in off campus rather than in an apartment complex, which is where this opportunity arose and specifically there are 3-4 new single family properties with the same owner very close to campus and all right next to each other that I would like to take advantage of as this would almost act as a "row" of student housing and be far more attractive than homes spread out around the area.

It seems like the attractiveness of buying half a duplex depends on the perception of your area.

A ten year payout in cash flow plus an increase in value made it attractive to me. 

However, with their excellent engineering programs, they attracted a lot more out-of-town students that required housing.