LA & San Francisco was already too expensive and crowded while Seattle checked all our boxes.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

They struggle to find people just like cities do.

Depending on your market (and I know nothing about your area) you may consider facebook groups for students or marketing anywhere students/young adults can find you. 

It's worth doing some research to find the best one for you.

Hoping to find a mentor to show me how it is done and can help me out!

Renting short term or long term will have some bearing on it but this isn't too far fetched to find a lender for this sort of thing.A small, local lender will be your HIGHEST probability of success when trying to find investor friendly lenders on investment properties.

Just trying to find some history of what they’ve done and how they’ve performed from an unbiased third party.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I find my online banking basically becomes like a dashboard of my current status and I find that very useful.

They cannot find their own documents.