The second part is that I've been looking into this a bit and have found online classes I can take that are based in Massachusetts.

Or other local conditions.Here in MA, our prices are about equal or slightly over the peak before the big crash. 

I am considering renting to a marijuana company in MA and was wondering what you guys are seeing for typical rents?

Once you get over a certain amount of capital it becomes hard to effectively allocate it.If you don't run into that with 1mil, you will as you keep progressing.I think you owe it to the family to speak honestly to that.That's the reason most large institutional investors have a hard time in the SFH world and focus on larger, lower cap rate investments.

Companies like Doran, Sherman, etc are getting gov't bonds and tax credits as well as cheaper institutional type investors for the capital stack. 

I have a responsibility to the financial institution.

I did one of these a while back with a multifamily in Massachusetts and it got a lot of positive feedback.

For case studies, go just North into the Silver Lake region of Wilmington, MA.  

& @Nicole Heasley, FACo is a very large private institutional lender.

@Kevin Giles Wareham, MA