But that above-forecast rate is down 11 percent from January, and the National Association of Home Builders is saying apartment construction will decline even more than single-family starts because of the pandemic-induced downturn.Even at an elevated rate of construction, though, there’s likely to be a substantial shortfall, one that could be addressed, at least in part, by factory built modules that are transported to the construction site, where they are put together, one on top of—or next to—the other.

(these projects are close to a lot of public transportation and large employers).

I love cars - I have 4 of them, and I've rebuilt many - but be honest about what they are, which is transportation and (if you like them) a really expensive hobby. 

The only thing that had stopped me from considering it was the lack of public transportation options up there.

The work from home trend has helped some, but still the traffic is getting worse and we have extremely poor public transportation here. 

I live in central IL so anything within 3 hours of me I’m willing to commute, I have reliable transportation, and family in northern and southern IL.

It's a plus if it's close to public transport which makes it easy to go to NYC every now and then.

As you know, the hard money and commercial lending space is highly unregulated, and it's usually the lenders that make up their own rules, although a lot of it is driven by their cost of capital and requirements of the secondary market (if they sell their loans).There are hard money lenders out there that do not require a BPO or appraisal, but the majority of them do. 

That means pretty much buying short-term rentals where they're unregulated and there is a lot of tourism all year round.The best way to buy great properties cheaper is to either buy them pre-construction or develop my own project.

It may be cost prohibitive as other have said but you can expense transportation and some meals if your trip has a business purpose.