The numbers need to make sense and meet all your requirements, but the folks you choose to build that relationship with need to be transparent and stable (ie they won't be closing shop in the next 10-15 years).

In what part of the area are you looking to stay short term while you shop for a new home? 

Buy a mall, even a small mall, and subdivide each store and sell the stores to the shop owners.

The guys there do run a great shop and have been growing before, during and after the Great recession.

I am talking with my agent and he has a network of other agents which he will shop this around if we do decide to sell.

Just wanted to start a discussion on different things that REI in Wichita and metro area look for when shopping Real Estate!

I'm in seaside and always love to meet people to talk shop and show them some sights. 

If the market says 1600 and you are increasing to 1200 shopping will illustrate the tenants still have a deal.

So feel free to hit me up and talk shop or work through some of your real estate issues. 

I'd say just generally shopping for properties and seeing if you see any cash flow is a start, but within any market there are so many smaller cities and neighborhoods that it would be hard to know which ones would have the potential or not.