Cross the rent default bridge if it ever comes.I had a 48 year old HUD section 8 guy pass on me 2 months in. 

But if I worked in Portland and lived in Vancouver then I’d be getting taxed at Portland’s income tax, be paying Washington’s sales taxes, would constantly be fighting horrendous I-5 traffic on the bridge, and would have less neighborhood amenities.

I just put a home under contract near Bridge Street and Research Park as a rental for for my daughter that's a student-athlete at UAH.

@Jared W Smith - there are rehab/bridge lenders who will lend on pure commercial properties. 

I'm here to learn how to be a better investor and I'm trying to build a bridge using my knowledge of contracting.  

I'm still doing some research but i'm leaning more towards Camden as properties seem to be fairly cheap and may be able to cash flow if numbers work.It’s almost impossible in NY    I was living in Delaware and working in Philly and Camden Camden is still really rough area    They are trying to build it up esp parts that are closer to the bridge into philly    I was working on on a building they are putting up now called the Camden tower it’s overlooking philly and the water  and a beautiful building but the area is still pretty bad    I’ve been all over the Bronx,Brooklyn , Uptown NY And I must say.  

Land has over 220 feet road frontage on Stemley Bridge Road and Alabama Highway 77.

@Dino Bridges need to know way more than what you have described? 

Many are not private or hard money lenders but there are similar products.For example, my company is licensed but we also have fix and flip, bridge loans, business purpose loans, DSCR, etc. and many other licensed lenders have them as well.With private and hard money lenders, you will almost always be charged origination points.

If you look into private money, many will offer bridges of mid-term financing.