But this could be overly complex when it comes to prorations for NNNs, since part of property is on GLA and other is on ground lease without being separately parceled.

Maybe some affordable housing complexes. 

There are multiple factors that go into determining rents and if there is limited data the rents will be off. 

Me and My brother have found this great office building for sale on the same block as a very expensive private college. When I was in college in Philly I lived in one, it was nice but nothing crazy fancy. For a two be...

The past five years here in Oregon I've focused almost exclusively on investor related acquisitions and sales of vacation rentals, multi family complexes and commercial real estate. 

So, I try to balance the complexity and cost of having to manage too many LLCs (for example with each property having its own LLC) with the need to simplify the tax filing process. 

If the owner lives in town, you could even go knock on their door, I find this to be extremely successful when you are going after foreclosed properties.As to your 1st post, you might want to look at city data for growing markets, It looks like Rochester lost population last year, vs if you look at sunbelt cities like, Houston, DFW, Austin, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, these cities saw at a minimum 1% population increase.

I can justify any price (and some high fee syndicators are still doing so), if I just play with assumptions, prepay and buy down my interest rate, and hope that sub-5% cap rates will be returning in the next few years.But if you know your market and market cycle, have an idea where interest rates may be going (this is an educated guess for all of us), and then have your assumptions, you can certainly have the conversations you reference with brokers and see what their take is on pricing and if it is worth writing.Finally, I have said this before and will continue to say it, whether we are talking single family homes or 400 unit apartment complexes, off-market purchases do not make something a deal.  

I'm trying to find something from them or anyone showing occupancy rates historically as I love seeing some of that data - as both a builder of str cabins in eastern tennessee and someone holding str cabins in eastern tennessee. :-) Any chance you have a link or two to the report? 

I’d love to hear how you approach gathering rental data and any other resources you recommend!