I am planning on counting the loan as a loan not secured by my home per IRS publication 936. 

1) I think my wife would bludgeon me with a dull object if I publicly talked about her wanting "cosmetic" surgery.

They have a lot of good stuff.http://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch02.html

I was thinking about using an email auto-responded to train bird dogs in the basics of driving for dollars, how to look-up public records, and so forth.

I am currently a college student majoring in public relations, and getting a minor in business marketing.

Contract terms that are contrary to public policy are void.Always have a local lawyer review your lease, unless you are using a standard form lease from an organization that has itself had the form reviewed by a lawyer.

Here are the things I consider when looking at a college town:-Market Rent-Public transit and parking-proximity to campus (closer is not always better)-availability of a good property manager that understands the ebb and flow of demand cyclesI have a duplex, and hopefully soon a 4-plex in a college town that do really well.  

Need for tenants to move out of the city to find housing they can afford, yet further from public transportation and jobs.3.

I would also recommend you review Publication 1586 for a good description of how to avoid penalties for incorrect and missing TINs.

Before I send each mailing, I check public records to see if the property has been sold.