Take a hard look at your budget and determine the max monthly amount you can pay toward your student debt.

Basically you'll want to determine the cost of 1. scraping the lot to get it ready for the new home and 2. constructing the new home.  

How do lenders determine whether you’ve had a previous foreclosure or do they go based on your credit report only ?

You need determine what your goal with investing looks like, only then can you determine what type of properties will help you achieve that goal.

I'm lost by your question but you want to focus on the income method to determine value.

I've found this to be very helpful analyzing comparables, taking a zip code and determining what your rental income can demand based off rental criteria.

If you are having trouble determining it on the counties website by address search most counties have a gis map tool you can use.

Qualification involves being both self-employed and having no full time employees in any business you control.The Checkbook IRA LLC is also a great vehicle for diversifying retirement savings.The best thing to do is speak with a few professionals who offer checkbook control plans of both types and determine what the best fit for your situation both today and for the long term may be.

I'm trying to determine how to determine the ARV of the property because the property needs repairs on both sides.

Since they have a lot of stuff in the house already, it's hard to determine accurately the state of the house which will be needed when they move out. - Should I still run the background check and everything on them/process them as a regular applicant?