Seems that the issues boil down to ensuring you have the right people/support in place (contractors, property managers).  

He has worked absolute miracles for my clients and he will go over all of your options available for your situation and goals. 

Go ahead and give bad advice.You're simply repeating yourself and becoming tiresome, without offering any actual evidence to support your position.This is actually a fascinating idea.

It's a little early but I've been keeping an eye out for deals for my clients.

I am in CA and help clients buy out of state, cash positive rentals.  

Again leveraging your PM skills and passion, you can partner with others to tackle multiple deals and be an active investor to support your living expenses today. 

As long as the clients are represent by good agents your good.

@Scott Carrillo I do that in Cleveland: $1K to find, research and buy a property on Sheriff sale, $500 for repeating clients who I'm managing the property.Rehab usually takes 10% or $2K whichever higher.

The students would just be sending rent checks to a different address, and it wouldn't really affect them.My recommendation would be to invest in whatever property the numbers make the best return for you, and focus on supporting students in a way that will have a bigger impact on them than being their landlord.

It is also possible such improvements would support the price the Vender is asking.