Thoughts on downtown versus the beach side?

Or pretend to be an investor when contacting professionals, versus actually be an investor when contacting professionals? 

Analyze potential rental income versus expenses carefully to ensure the property will generate income from the start.

Europe did this out of necessity versus planned.  

What is different about a video versus photos?

Versus 2 above. . 4.

I haven't heard any who recommend a primary business model of buying notes with the chief intent of foreclosing versus getting the owner re-performing considering the cost and time required for foreclosure proceedings as well as all the unknowns that come  along with it.

They're good to have open access to capital/cash/equity to a property ahead of time so you can execute a deal or purchase when the time comes on a split second decision (versus having to apply to a loan at that time which might take 20-45 days to get approved/closed/etc plus by that time you dont know what your future income/credit/assets will be like in order to qualify anyway).The second use is sleep at night factor and having a reserve of capital in the event an emergency event occurs in life.For these two reasons is why I use lines of credit.

I'll add that for the cash option, you'd need 8-10% cap rate properties which, even in the Midwest, will likely be older Class C/B- product where there is greater risk of higher maintenance and delinquencies versus newer/nicer builds.

Are the comps, really comps (i.e. ranch vs two story, sidewalks versus no sidewalks, subdivision vs not)?