That's a broad brush, I know - but in general I think people chasing more yield are finding that they have to tread more carefully lately.

Whether it be blogging on a regular basis, cold calling, and/or preparing an array of marketing materials, staying on-top of these task and maintaining high output is vital for a few obvious reasons.

I don't know Stockton well but in looking at those zip codes on a map, the look pretty geographically broad and I suspect the neighborhoods will vary a lot within the zip codes.

I'm based out of the Chicago market (a newbie) and am trying to get some help in narrowing down neighborhoods to focus on, whether that be within the city limits or the surrounding suburbs.What tools are typical in guiding your decisions to focus from broad areas of search to down to smaller neighborhoods of focus?

I'm based out of the Chicago market (a newbie) and am trying to get some help in narrowing down neighborhoods to focus on, whether that be within the city limits or the surrounding suburbs.What tools are typical in guiding your decisions to focus from broad areas of search to down to smaller neighborhoods of focus?

I have some of my units in Allegheney west and Broad and Erie I have been seeing some appreciation.I believe that area is going to be good in the upcoming years.

I think there are two broad schools of thought on this: 1) Connect with anybody and everybody.

@Sam Lively There is a BP meetup every Wednesday morning @ 7:30am Coffee w/ investors meets at City & State coffee shop on Broad Ave.

Not to say there isn't any competition around but no legit good coffee and none as conveniently located.In broad strokes plan would be to: 1.

I won't go into all the details here but my point is to highlight a bit more what's happening in the industry and ensure folks know its a team sport, that there are clear distinctions between an operator / sponsor and sometimes they are one and the same, and that the person who may be raising capital should both practically and legally have a broad based role in the GP partnership.