Having a local presence for inspections and leasing are essential.

Point them to your website or other online presence (FB, etc)Then, just be friendly and talk to people about their real estate experiences and needs. 

I also have a great mastermind group with national presence.

If you go that route make sure to pay attention to the expensive stuff- plumbing location, presence of egress windows, and ceiling height.Let me know if you'd like to grab coffee and talk more about house hacking in Tacoma.

James Wise is active here has a big online presence.

For example, short-term works very well in vacation markets and can work in metro markets; medium-term works best in metro markets with hospitals; rent-by-room works best in markets with lots of young professionals or military.In our case, we wanted to use the rent-by-room strategy, so we selected Colorado Springs because of the young professional/military presence and because we could qualify for the houses.Then you will want to start analyzing properties in that market to ensure that you can hit the metrics you want, get connected with an agent (investor friendly) to start discussions about the market, and get connected with a lender to verify what you can be pre-approved for!

Intel and Hondas' future presence would be evidence to a good investment with billions of dollars being invested into their plants.

(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

If you have a corporation or llc over 2yrs old, high levels of unsecured lines of credit can be obtained with a strong Dun and Bradstreet Paydex Score, Credit Profile and a "low 5" business bank rating.Here is what you do:1) Establish a strong internet presence for your company by listing it on at least 15 sites-- Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Scoop It, Bing, Manta, 411, Google+, Google Places, etc.2) In addition to your business checking account, open an expense and savings account in the same bank.  

It would be a good choice if you planned to build a custom text-lead presence in the future.