The location has some extremely unique characteristics that were not being exposed before.

Yeah, why would you try to consider them as a package from your own personal evaluation perspective when they all have different characteristics?

What are some of the characteristics you look for in a syndication team before investing with them and why?

Thanks for that post Kyle, I agree that owning rentals in and around Military towns provide some great advantages, chief among them BAH expanding the available pool of renters that meet the income requirements.However, the military is nothing more than a subset of the larger population they defend, thus they won't, on average, have any special characteristics that don't exist in the general population. 

@Michael BaridoThe number one characteristic to screen for is character.  

San Francisco will have much different supply and demand characteristics than Des Monies. 2.

With that information, you can search and find all kinds of ideas online for tastefully updating a historic property while preserving period-specific characteristics.

These are people who share motivational characteristics of people ready to sell, but haven't yet done all the work they think they need to list property.

I've found some buys there and interested in the investment characteristics of the area.

Especially in a competitive area like Boston, having a strong understanding of the market & access to contractors, inspectors, etc is the industry standard (or at least should be if it's not), where as the qualities I mentioned are characteristics that go above & beyond what most realtors are willing to offer.