@Peter Mckernan This is a great well-rounded perspective, Real estate is one of those fields where no two deals or markets are exactly the same.

Not a single guy with no experience in the field.

Apparently this is an issue that other investors have faced as well, because it requires a bank manager to do a minor workaround with a field entry in the system in order to make it work. 

It's hard for me to imagine suburban office / retail getting hit harder than it already has, and a small building for small companies in the services field feels interesting to me - right now that's a "Feel" and I have to wrap my head around whether data supports this hunch or not, but I do at the very least like the fact that office has been hit so hard, and seems to have no net new supply coming online. 

As you may know, NC is big into agriculture and therefore have many immigrants working in the fields who need a place to live, especially in the summers.  

I'm in the process of having the Field Investigation done to determine my discount.

Any input, advice, critique, and recommendations for GC's in this field and area is welcome!

Quote from @Bill H Reed: Have a question regarding this topic..I have several mobile homes in Tennessee and there's a large pasture behind them which has a lot of field mice and they have a tendency to get in the house there's no way to stop this..

They are in the field sourcing opportunities, analyzing real deals, and making offers.

I would have focused on the highest paying W2 I could find/achieve as early as possible in a field I enjoyed;2.