There are still deals on the fringes of these A & B areas. 

It gives you also access to a lot of fringe benefits and open the door to many retirement plans options. 

A lot of parents want to put their kids in Dorchester District 2 schools, and Ladson is on the fringe of being DD2 and Berkeley County.

Through this corp you would be able to get fringe benefits like medical reimbursement plan, you could deduct your business related expense, you can take a salary and contribute to a pension plan, you could hire your son or other family member with lower tax bracket to offer them also other benefits.

One of the major fringe benefits in California is Prop 13.

You might have more luck as you look at some of the counties on the fringe of the Metro area, like Henry, Walton, and Bartow.

With the colleges here and being on the fringe of the metroplex there are definitely pockets that are more savory than others.

The platform may allow investment by accredited investors only or be open to almost anyoneEach has advantages and disadvantages.The portals that allow anyone to post a deal have not been very successful and they will probably remain a fringe categoryMany investors are familiar with the big players in the industry that provide access to deals sponsored by numerous parties.As an example of a single sponsor platform I will use our own.In the last two years we crowdfunded/syndicated 26 real estate debt deals, raising just over $46,000,000.00 and two months ago completed our first equity raise, raising $1,700,000.00.Additionally, we did a co raise with a major real estate debt crowdfunding portal that was primarily residential and wanted to move into the commercial space.I will tell you that despite many similarities, no two portals operate the same, and there are major differences in deal type, vetting, costs, risks, returns, and transparancy.Keep watching this arena.

City:  Look at western "fringe" neighborhoods like W.

i feel like in and on the fringe of core markets these days, its hard to find a deal under a 6 cap and if you can touch double digit CoC out the gate you're lucky.