Hi Jeff,National chains have tenant rep brokers to screen sites for them before they show to the real estate area managers that work for the national chains.National chains are VERY PICKY on sites.

., foreign nationals and resident/nonresident aliens).

I'm not in Philly but in general local banks or even a credit union can be a good option vs the national banks. 

The college park area houses college students from all over the nation in addition to a significant military presence.

However, your question is about whats better local banks/credit unions or big national brands.

Here's some fun charts and figures that was a link on the new "National Landing" (new neighborhood name made up by Amazon and JBG Smith I presume) website:https://apps.urban.org/features/amazon-hq2-washing...

San Diego historical ROI is near the top in the nation for this century and both locations that are above it have rent control and San Diego does not. 

We were able to raise about $8M (4 short) and long story short, ended up partnering with a national management company and an institutional investor to raise the full $12M.

@Priyanka K.When investigating new markets I look for things like population growth (upward over the last 10 years)Job growth 1% or greaterUnemployment =< national averageper cap income 20KHousehold income 3 times annual rentnumber of households (in comparison to other markets) Favorable government policies (is the local government looking to attract business) those numbers will give me a sense of the macro market.

Does anyone have recommendations on connecting with national tenant decision makers?