As the move out date comes closer and they appear to be struggling, consider cash for keys to help get possession.

I am looking for more information from former or current students of Phil Pustejovsky.

I am currently looking at a few houses near a university or college with the likelihood of the tenants being college students.

Current economics classes do tend to make people more greedy but they have not been shown to cause students to use delayed gratification to get more out of life.

I have considered something like this myself for college student rentals across the US. 

Rent a room to a graduate student or professional and you can easily come close to breaking even and learn more about real estate in the process.If you're dying to renovate a home, I'd suggest going conventional for a grandma house that you can cosmetically upgrade at your own pace, then after a year or so refinance with another bank.Good luck to you in your search!

I get students that inquire about renting from time to time.

You will probably get more out of it than your average student.- It's basically free and Graduate degrees can be completed in evenings or on your own time so it doesn't actually interfere with doing real estate investing at the same time.- You may be able to patch holes in your understanding of Real Estate that you don't even know exist.  

And what would possess you to relay a statement I made to you to the tenant? 

Some like mobile homes, some like student housing, some like commercial property.