While my training is as an academic research scientist, my dad was a "jack of all trades, master of none" so I've got a very small background in some DIY areas and the "why pay someone else if I can do it myself" attitude so I'm definitely up for learning to fix-up a property myself.

That being said those figures are strictly academic unless the market will bear it.Are the successful DFW investors working consistently within these parameters or would 70%/2% be considered a GREAT deal and 25%/1-1.5% actually be more common?

We do lease academic year.

But remember, CAP rate is a bit of an academic number.

Due to a combination of lease-up cycles on student housing and the "transient" nature of the social cohesion of student housemates, we have found using academic year or annual leases provides more stability when leasing a house (or 3-4 bdrm flat) to a group of students.

Interestingly, Wikipedia is actually probably the best single source because you'll get explanations of the various concepts and also the "Criticisms" section at the bottom of every page which usually sheds light on the status of the academic debate surrounding that concept.

The academic literature I've read said says that, of all the players in the real estate ecosphere, builders are the most rate sensitive.

West Virginia has one of the lowest tax rates; however, they also have some of the lowest academic scores.Aforementioned, property taxes are based on the property’s value.

I thought that this would be a great opportunity to start combining my academic life with my investment life, but I have been having a hard time finding some actionable data.Though I plan to in the future, I don't want to have to build a web scraper to pull this information from an MLS type site.  

I am academically successful and have a great job.