The reason for those areas they have great schools and you may be able to find a student that you can rent to.

I’m young (23), newly married two years ago, and just coming out of the life of being a college student.

I personally wouldn't invest in student housing although UT is a commuter school. 

Perhaps that could be due to the military presence and college students?

Local government just got involved by taxing Short terms and are starting to crack down on "Ag Shacks" (student rentals in neighborhoods).

I work in the healthcare field, but am only two years in and am finding that having other people's health in my hands is causing me mass anxiety (but due to high student loan debt, I feel stuck).

You and I just are not going to see eye to eye on this so I am going to end my participation in this thread now as I have better things to do. 

Also, I wanted to bring a more financially stable resident into the building who, in theory, would be in a better position to pump money into local businesses vs. the average apartment renting college student or younger professional.With the current Corona-lull, I have some time to go back over the concepts and numbers and I'm wondering what other investors opinions are in the apartment vs condo battle.

I am currently a college student, and I would most likely want to live with young professionals when it is time for me to pull the trigger.

You can often participate remotely - especially now when so many groups can't meet in person and are doing Zoom meetups instead.