Its in a quite neighbor hood, not too bad of schools yet close to stores/shops and restaurants.

So I can't speak a whole lot to that but I'd be happy to give you generic advice from what I have experienced and seen younger members go through.1) Dress that extra step up (Not the bargain store shirts and pants), if money is tight go to a store find your sizes (coats and shirts) then go to a thrift store or goodwill type store.

The Bigger Pockets book store if full of great books: https://www.biggerpockets.com/store

For Starbucks backed by 20,000 plus stores  you generally get the full value of any tenant improvements you spend as the owner.What some owners do with local tenants is they pay the leasing brokers ( over time ) what they are owed and have language that if the tenant defaults and vacates then the remaining percentage of leasing commissions is not due.The leasing brokers want all the money upfront so it is a negotiation as to how to structure an agreement with payment.Now the PM company that does ongoing care for the property the lease up is a separate component from the management fee.

I'm curious where others are storing their savings/capital (i.e., down payments, etc.) given the low interest rate environment, negative yields in sovereign debt markets, and US stock market at all time highs - in lots of ways the markets seem discombobulated and signalling different things.

When I made my trip and when I look online for deals, it's hard for me to comprehend that anyone would want to drive into campus, so I've kept my search within walking or biking distance.

Paint shop stores might be a good lead.

Post flyers on local bulletin boards at colleges, stores, library, etc.  

You'll feel like a kid in a candy store once you start searching the site for how to find motivated seller leads....you'll never run out of content trust me lol.

The big box stores can create kitchen cabinet plans too but they will not be design-based - it would just be what would fit.