This allows your agent to include language in the contract that states the seller will pay your agent whatever commission you have agreed upon.

@Alison KurtzWe have several student rentals: student houses (4 - 5 housemates); apartments (1 - 3 bdrm); and rooming houses (fully furnished, within walking distance to two universities, caters to international students).Screen your tenants well.  

It's a huge market because of Disney World, Universal Studios and SeaWorld.  

So the cross streets are around priest and university.

My name is Clint Woods and I am from Louisiana where I currently attend Louisiana Tech University as a finance major.

I went to college for real estate, acquiring a degree in finance with RE emphasis from Wichita State University (go Shox!).

I moved here in the summer to begin a PhD program at UT and found there was a lot of availability near the university for short term summer rentals.  

I purchased a 4/2 SFH about 1/4 mile from the university my son is attending.

If they are under performing or just doing average the chances of moving are high.Also look for sublease language in the primary term lease.

I don't have a good sense of how good or bad that return is in this market where so much revolves around appreciation -- I'm very curious to find out what other investors around here think.Of course if real estate keeps appreciating the way it has recently, everything is great; BUT even though I'm bullish on the Bay Area longs term (weather, universities, jobs, natural barriers to sprawl, etc.)