At the time I looked, 20 or so years ago, the problem with smaller down towns is the proliferation of nearby strip malls, where the stores are surrounded by a large parking lots, and for laundromats, attract more customers as they can park easily, walk to adjacent stores for shopping, snacks, and browse newspaper and magazine racks, which explains why they do better, there's more customers.

Use private money lenders and choose a conservative market.

The analysis is targeted to small time DIY landlords with 1-5 properties with minimum requirements to be able to do the following tasks online:  Listing/Syndication, Applications, Screenings, Leases with eSignature, Payment Customization (i.e.

Would you be better putting the $100k in the stock market, or in a treasury bill at 4% or do private lending at 10-12%? 

I called her out on it, informing her I was not a scammer and she sent me a private message.  

@Dave Harlan They have an amazing product but your better off using a mortgage broker with a great reputation for customer service because they offer wholesale pricing advantages to their brokers and the only complaints I've ever heard about them have come from service issues on the retail side.

I have over 50k for renovations if need be and I have private funding for the purchase.

You might study up on this Atlanta business that is growing their business with private offerings (funding)   padsplit.comThey have a shades of gray solutoin for the unrelated adults, and rooming house zoning that is sort of working in the Atlanta area.   

From my perspective on the private lending side (bridge loans, 30-year DSCR, etc.)

Go ahead and state who you're working with, this sounds eerily similar to something we've heard on this forums over & over.Josh Janus, since you asked.Yesterday I sent Josh the link to Lolo Druff's post and my reply so the two of them can connect privately.