Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.

One other thing to be aware of - each of those areas you listed is going to have it's own unique features and specific buyer, so your finish out will need to reflect that.

The monthly payment is so low (stretched it out over 5 years) that it should not affect my ability to get the mortgage. 

Is this a unique case or fairly common in the industry?

It's entire episode devoted to a unique way to source deal flow from brokers.  

We've worked with may clients who will move out of a primary residence that has more than 500K in gain so they can combine sec 121 and 1031 to make all of the gain tax free or tax deferred.We've also have numbers of clients take advantage of the 1301 - 121 conversion to ultimately turn part of the tax deferred gain into tax free.Your situation is somewhat unique in that you're wanting to combine both of those strategies and take the 121 pro-ration tax free and 1031 the other pro-rated gain.

Hey guys, I stumbled across Vulcan7 in a search for finding unique ways to generate more leads.  

A purpose involving a new, unique or speculative venture rather than a relatively risk-free ventureFurther, in general fractional interest sold are considered securities.  

seems a little bit of a stretch and a sure fire way to lose your money as little as it may be

Student Rentals is a unique business and with no student rental experience, it's going to be very hard for you to determine how to convert it the most effectively and to be completely honest, reading even 1,000 books won't help you.