The marketing and approach will be very different for these 2 distinct populations.Not sure you will get a university to endorse private housing, but you could establish a brand and market via the University's newspaper, radio, bulletin boards, etc.

Hard money may be your best option or head up to some REIA meetings and try to partner with a private investor. 

Could I find a private lender willing to work with me or do I need to bring more money into the deal and get a 30% equity position?

Once you've looked them up, you can private-message them for further details - good luck!

Otherwise the bank likely knows nothing about this and no private auction will eliminate them.

I'm 25 years old, a CPA, and currently work in Technology Private Equity in Century City.

Building my network of real estate attorney's, buyers, co wholesalers, and private lenders.

I'd tie it up under contract immediately, and do some proactive due diligence on it.The biggest "hidden" cost in most deals is the ramification of private water and sewer, which this deal does not suffer from.

@Zana Blue,Well, I'll take a more humane position: instead of focusing on win-lose, try to find a way to make it a win-win.For example, if you're in a position to do so, offer to be a private lender on his deal, or see if you can partner up with him some other way.The path to success should not be a competition, it should be a journey on which we take others with us.

Is there a good way to verify a Private Lender?