Wanted to check in and see if any BP Multifamily and Apartment sector members plan to attend UP9 in Boston this year.  

Assuming it's DSCR/non-qm (which sounds like it is), rate locking in the beginning of the loan is not an option and 5-year prepay is standard int his sector.

The education and health services sector led job creation with 7,000 positions, a year-over-year upswing of 4.6%.

By investing in new sectors, such as digital media, biotechnology, and life sciences, the region has protected itself from job losses experienced in many other Ontario communities during the recession.

There is a very strong finance and banking sector.

@Aaron Luker The Planet Money podcast is consistently outstanding.Another very worthwhile podcast that's not quite personal finance but has a lot of useful insight into what's happening with tech is from Andreesen-Horowitz, and there's often clear implications for the wider economy (and various sectors like real estate). 

Overall, Capterra seems a decent place to start, but having my own variables to validate against is a bit easier in narrowing a crowded and (as I'm seeing already) pretty outdated and terribly designed software sector. 

Founder of the company has already deployed the the technology in retail sector and most of the challenges you have mentioned can be overcome.

But at the same time I feel we have a "trophy" location with possibilities that depend on how well the tech sector does.

., of entering the rental property ownership world and getting into the wholesale sector.