Yes Pittsburgh is a good choice for Investors who either live here or are remote as the buy-in is a lot more conducive than other more saturated markets.

Uptick in action in the secondary mortgage markets I suppose?   

The companies that market themselves as "garage door companies" (residential) also almost always do commercial stuff as well, such as what you are looking at.

My husband and I purchased our first Costa Rica property last year and were advised by our agent that in almost 6 years of working in that market he had only ever seen 1 American Couple successfully obtain a mortgage in Costa Rica and it was from Scotia Bank. 

I have been looking in different markets and heard about Tuscaloosa on the BP podcast.

I have referred a loan out of state based on NOI, cap rate at purchase, room for increase income and purchase price vs market value.Maybe I didn’t articulate the intent of the post as clearly as I hopedFor anyone who has bought multi family out of state, “what are gives you the warm and fuzzies about a deal”:Obviously not cap rate, but maybe vacancy rate,  Cash on Cash ,GRM, IRR, Unlevered free cash flow, Cities over 250k?

Essentially though you need to go off-market.

I'm in the similar market and have a good amount of connections.

If you want low, safe returns that are truly passive, invest in the stock market.  

Quote from @Iliana Herrman: Brandon wrote his book over ten years ago and the market was very different at that time.