I have been in touch with a couple US based ones that lend in region.  

Most investors take a look at the available rental units in a particular market,  determine if its a good or bad market based on DOM and either dismiss the market all together or replicate the housing units that are absorbed.

And you do control the outcome based on your deal and Market analysis.A. 

I ended up not even going STR after digging into her projections and finding out they were not realistic and were just based on city-wide data.

A lot of that is referral based or people find my site online, organically. 

Hello,My name is Luke Helliker, and I’m an investor based in Chicago.

Most of those specialty programs (first responder loans, downpayment assistance, etc) are based on local state/county grant programs that back the loan.

Plaintiff's attorneys are normally after the insurance money and they are generally making their decisions on who to name, add or remove from complaints based on that. 

@Thomas HaessigImpossible to really provide any type of in depth response based on information provided.

You just got a super cheap education #8 I would seriously consider a bond fund etf vs real estate based on your post.