However, if vacant for a short period of time fill-in with nightly rentals.I also agree with @Ian Whiteman, the software in place, your boots on the ground crew, and your accounting need to be impeccable, especially with you so far away.  

They run a 30 Day boot camp.

I live on the south side and have lived in Corpus for 10 years if you need any boots on the ground.

Quote from @Alex Boots: Hey guys,I was referred to a commercial lender called Silver Hill Funding in Los Angeles by a local residential loan officer. 

If you 1031 for less than the sale price and the amount of cash from the deal, that amount is called "boot" and you pay tax on that...Dave Foster did write up, at my insistence :), details about doniga  1031 with seller finance. 

Do you have someone you can count on or someone you could partner with (family or friend) so you have "boots on the ground" while you're away at school?

Market conditions and the FED increasing interest rates to combat inflation has not helped the scenario.  

The thing that really gets my boots to shaking is the idea that many people are going into properties at a basis (purchase + renovation + furnishing) that ONLY works with STR numbers.When the winds come and the waters rise (metaphorically) and the returns compress (as they certainly will with a capital intensive investing style like STRs) then folks will be obliged to lose money in our markets AND A-class long term rentals will see compression, just like in 2019-2020.BUT I'd argue that if you are going to lose money on a property, there are better places to lose money.

@Niv NissimSuggestion: Spend at minimum a week in market with your own boots on the ground.

Happy to connect to provide boots on the ground input from an Ocala investor, realtor and property manager.