People who aren't tire kicking tend to ask specific actionable advice which is unlikely to be answered in a google search or by chatGPT. 

Larger deals tend to trade in retail at higher cap rates.What you need to decide is how long you want your money tied up into a deal (their exit strategy), and how much you want to place, and if you get cash flow right away, partial, or none until certain metrics are hit.As an example you might get 8% preferred return but upside might be more marginal than a small retail turn around deal where exit is in 2 to 3 years and equity multiple is likely much higher for overall return.

@Dean Ng- Referrals are usually a good way. 

I work with a ton of investors from Cali and they tend to go for the B- / C+ locations here like North Hilltop, North Linden, Eastmoor, Southern Orchards for all of the growth tenant pool, and positive cashflow in the area. 

@Mark S.From what I have heard I tend to agree with you.

In my experience, traditional banks tend to have pathetic mortgage lending competence because they haven't invested or cared about this vertical in over a decade. 

I'm not a broker and am not paid on this - it's just a connection/referral.

I’m curious to know if it tends to be with the inspector, the report, or something else.

But I think people tend to look at what a rental property is going to do in year 1 and just pass it by.i.e.

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.