Location is obviously key if you are looking at other areas (closeness to station, shopping, schools) etc.In addition, in more rural areas, people tend to rent units for families rather than for single occupants.Last, I hear it is really a nightmare to attract tenants.

Some of these are written in by developers to attract buyers "no Mr and Mrs Smith, this will never turn into a big rental community only homeowners.  

The awesome neighborhood is admittedly a bias and a big factor in why this property is so attractive to me.  

One of the most important parts of using hard money is making sure you are bringing an attractive offer for the lender and not just yourself.

Is it normal to have that much attraction right off the bat?

I have a real estate buyers website to collect names of investors who are looking for deals.I'm asking the community for feedback on suggestions on where to park my site to attract investors interest.

You cannot beat that guy or his real estate agent.You must market for motivated sellers and attract unlisted properties where the owner sees the benefit of taking a cash offer rather than putting their house on the market, which could require them to make costly repairs with $ they don't have.I like 3 methods for reaching the off-market, motivated seller:1) Direct mail, to people WITH EQUITY, especially absentee owners2) AdWords (Google Search marketing)3) Outdoor (billboards, bandit signs, bus signage, etc. etc.)Click on my FACE in this post and watch the video in my user profile here on BP - it's called "The Search for Motivated Sellers".  ;-)  This is THE #1 CHALLENGE for all of us.  

You won't likely attract good tenants, and have high turnover. 

Not counting remodeling that we will need to do to make the rest of the place look decent and attract the right tenants.

At the end of the day it's about attracting leads virally without searching for them.