Buyer go to open house directly.We have this option in Minnesota now, and it looks like in 10 other states that I am aware of (California, Texas, Florida, Virginia, mostly the big population states).

But you do have the room sharing.. in Cupertino were you have a huge Asian population I know folks that will put two computer kids in each room for 4 bed house 8 techies and each paying 1k to 1500 a month.. can just about make it work since the houses are 2 mil. 

Population and economic growth, strong tourism, proximity to other New England cities.

One reason eastern KY really lags behind is that they don't have a lot of employment opportunities and lower populations.

Seacoast has a mix of those, especially in towns with younger populations, think Dover, Newmarket, Somersworth, Sanford, Biddeford.

In rural areas where I am, like northern Johnston County or northern Harnett County, I don't think there are many laundromats relative to the population.

You may also want to check the Columbus OH market - great macroeconomics with lots of job and population growth along with major companies developing here that drive strong rental demand. 

Additionally, the Villages are close by and with an aging population it attracts a lot of healthcare field workers.Now, with a lot of rental properties you may run into slightly longer vacancy periods if you have a unit turn at the same time as others, but generally speaking renter demand is solid. 

The consistent population and job growth are driving real estate values along with many companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Amazon, Google, Meta, etc.

The target customers are the unbanked and underbanked population, which is 30 million household in US.