I think they basically meant with rates so low, and higher inflation likely coming, inflation will eat away the debt.

You said you were "financially independent," but I think what you may have meant is that you have no debt.  

Here my three reasons. 1 for why not finance, and 2 for why economics and marketing.1) Why not finance, because college is meant to train you for a job.

I also meant to ask all of you if you've done long-distance investing?

Would it have meant a damn bit to the residents?

It is not meant to tell you how much to charge for rent.

Maybe it was the fact that those awkward legal-sized pages overflowed with official seals, government certifications, and a liberal amount of scary legal jargon that got me nervous and clearly meant if I ever got behind, I could almost certainly count on finding myself locked in some kind of mortgage prison they send real estate investors to who don’t make payments on time.

The owner elected to not let them in (for the reasons ou mentioned) so we stuck to our guns and said no. 

I don't understand why some people think an eviction moratorium meant they don't have to pay rent even if they could.  

Corporate housing is interesting - usually higher rents, all inclusive (utilities usually included) and everything paid by a company for longer than normal rental terms. (1 I looked at in NM $1800/mo rent included everything - elec, gas, cable, internet - paid by a hospital for a doctor doing elective surgery for 15 to 18 months at a time plus laundry income.