When you purchased the current property you should have expected many of your repairs if you performed an inspection.

I like it fine.My personal properties I use Excel.It is very powerful and customizable.

We changed fixtures and added an accent wall.

(months on the market) I sometime offer an incentive like 1/2 off first month's rent to stand out. 

Some specific questions I have:1.

I have an idea of what to expect when managing a dorm, but I am wondering if anyone has any experience with it?

I need to do research once I get settled somewhere (our other house was heavily damaged by trees falling on it) but thought I'd ask this forum in the meantime.I'm grateful for any advice that you have, and I hope everyone is safe.Talk to your insurance agent ASAP.

Though USLI, one of the biggest umbrella policy providers, dropped my max coverage to $1M because I had pools.

I grew up a Carpenter, so being able to rent a unit and fix the other seems like a low risk option for getting started. 

Fit investment criteria of long term buy and hold, in an A or B rated school district, that appreciates over time.