A quick google search for multi-family TIC projects would be a good start.Although the most familiar TIC projects are things like Walmart markets, Walgreens, large shopping centers and office buildings, there are quite a few multi-family projects scattered around in every market.  

The rest of the state is mostly federally owned land with a few small mining communities scattered around. 

You don’t want a hotel opening up next to your house any more than the neighbors you are doing this to.Neither would it be very nice to open up a whore house, crack house, or your own shade tree car mechanic business with 8 cars scattered on the front lawn.Let’s get real here and quit acting like this shouldn’t be a big deal to neighbors.

But a lot of long-distance investors fail because they can't build a good team.And one reason they can't build a good team is that they are too scattered.

You still need to perform due diligence on them.Just be careful building a portfolio of scattered buildings all over the place.

That’s why I believe landlords in these areas should take additional steps to prevent the area from declining.From the moral “we are all interconnected” standpoint OR even from the view that it’s a wise business practice, landlords in these areas should address neighborhood needs.Regarding neighborhood revitalization – the best practices for this effort is scatter throughout the web, magazines, and case studies.

Cotty(ie) College is an all girls private college in a small town near here, if you go ten miles away, it's pretty rural and has scattered homes with acreage so sounds similar.I'd tend to not go with a warehouse idea, I doubt there is a spur available along rails in rural areas where higher speeds are used and the cost could be more than the land value.

So neighborhood building instead of SFH scattered all about?

And the tricky part is that these neighborhoods look largely the same as much safer neighborhoods because they are limited to only a few blocks scattered throughout the city.  

Thinking of doing this with my four-unit in Jersey City and here are some scattered thoughts I've been considering:* Trying it with just one unit first before expanding to the whole building* Posting it for lease as a LTR and a MTR simultaneously, then seeing where the interest falls and buying the furnishings for MTR once demand is proven* Going to the local hospital to talk to employees there, and potentially put up flyersOverall, I think it is a great way to boost revenue and I agree with your intuition that the added work of self-managing is worth the squeeze compared to offloading to a property manager.