They think LTR doesn't work, but it's really just the strategy and location.

I don’t have a lot of money right now and I was considering putting my current home up for rent and moving into a new home in a new location. 

Building out my portfolio with strategic, secure passively cash-flowing assets to continue to build leveraged equity.

Where are you located?

Or, the actual location could be terrible (like ghetto or drug area or war zone).

I would also recommend banks that are located as close as possible to the property or properties.

Congrats on securing a good job!

After securing a deal, your focus will shift to closing, finding tenants, and setting up efficient management.If you haven’t already, building relationships with local agents, contractors, and property managers in PA can save you a lot of time and hassle

@Justin Boyd just saw the location on this, I'm somewhat familiar with that market, we do quite a few retail deals in CLE and the surrounding areas, I'd be happy to give you an opinion on the site if its helpful.  

I think their general stance is going to be to go with whichever comparable property has the greatest degree of similarity in terms of (probably, in this order): location, age built, quality of construction/current condition, and square footage.