In terms of strong markets, I tend to look at major industries in an area (hospitals, universities, military, etc.) because I want a large tenant pool.

We have found that those who are unemployed and pretty much housebound are the ones who tend to disrespect the property and have too much time on their hands for nothing good. 

You’d think any lender who uses wholesale lines would be sophisticated enough to vet their money suppliers aggressively.

Because tenants tend to be really stable, they are easy to manage though so they can still make sense for someone looking to park money into real estate with the least amount of hassle (property funds itself, tenants pay off mortgage over time but little to no cash flow).  

Rents tend to rise over time, amortization steadily increases equity, incomes rise, so the investor has a lot of “cover” for unfortunate timing or operating “mistakes”.Number 2 - periods like 1932 - 1941 and 2008 - 2013 are much harder on this strategy.  

If talking restaurants, going home side of road tends to be better.  

I believe it tends to give me a slightly lower return, because the sponsor is going to be more careful, and if there is a severe downturn will prevent me from taking catastrophic losses.

I just put them up on the AMHA search myself and put my PM as contact but I tend to be hands on.

Once you have your permit from the city, they tend to ghost you and wont answer questions during construction or help in any meaningful capacity.

The weak point for the house is a sloping driveway that leads to the garage door where there is a drain opening right before the garage door and the water tends to be sloped towards it.