Looking to establish a plan to begin investing in real estate immediately after graduation.

Partnering with an established realtor may be a wise option if you can find it.  

It would be less risky for the bank if an established construction company was doing the project.

The $900 covers cleaning cost and compensates us for the hassle and we get a tenant who will be in there and will be happy and will be able to pay.I suggest you get him out as quickly as possible to avoid non-payment (technically if he doesn't pay it will take a while to evict anyway and you'll spend a lot of money). 

, cleaning between vacancies ($200+/unit?)

Living there in that class is not easy but doable: if the neighbors clean your snow and cut your grass, you are part of the neighborhood already...please make sure to not disappoint them and give something back to the community...I would also recommend to read @Al Wiliamson, how to be a Leading Landlord, his series of threads here on BP about taking action and change a neighborhood.also beside your family discount, what does you dad and granpa told you about the neighborhood?

There was a couple dumpsters of clean wood and siding that was recycled and all of the concrete was definitely separated and recycled separately.

That is how I get access to Pre-market REO properties.If you are getting access to Pre-market REO, how then can I as an investor establish a relationship with someone like you in order to gain this knowledge and seek the properties I am trying to get.

Nice clean building in a nice clean area.

This will serve two main purposes for me: First of all, I will be establishing a network of resources I will be using to go about my own investments in the time ahead, as well as resources to recommend to investor clients whom I work with.