I am just some random dude.

There is some credence to that as there are a ton of random threads where one new investor bashes his Property Manager because he doesn't know any better and then a whole hoard of other random new investors who also have no clue jump on board and start some long Property Manager bashing.

Everyone single person who discourages you from getting in real estate either doesn't have the courage to do it themselves or they have a random great uncle or third cousin who bought a house in a low income area and surprisingly the tenant tore the house up and didn't pay etc...You truly are the average or reflection of the five closest people around you.

When grandpa bought the farm he couldn't afford the house and we were able to bring it back into the family 2 generations later.

Also Commercial Lenders where they don't care about you (other than maybe your overall track record and general credit score) and if the property generates enough income on its own to cover the mortgage + reserves.

The big one is rather or not this was a random shooting.

It should be the selling point, plus you and them are doing something good for our future generation :)  Keep them! 

You just take a photo of the receipts and the monthly reports it generates is helpful.

Picking any house at random in the town and you will get a different tax rate in relation to its tax assessment.

Living in a college town you've got a lot of potential income generating roommates at your disposal.