I've looked at them, but I'm trying (and failing a lot), narrow my farm to out here in the valley, so I'm not as familiar with market rents and such where you are.  

You search online, narrow down prospects using boilerplate assumptions.

Prices in Fresno for all but the most undesirable neighborhoods are getting too high to cash flow for sfr's but there are still  smaller apartment complexes in B and C neighborhoods  that may work for you. 

Thanks for the congrats Jay, it's been a true growth experience finding compatible partners, narrowing our focus and modifying procedures as we go.

On our end, we can at least narrow things down because we need an address at least to get started, and we can work from there by asking necessary questions of the borrowers.

Sellers usually try to do the 35% to 45% crap with expense estimates and if they just lipsticked the property that might be true for a short period of time but not while you own it and the band aid wears off.

Essentially, a marketing funnel with a narrow neck at the onset.I suggest you open the funnel, at least initially, and find out what prospects are responding to then adjust your pre-market scrubbing based on what you're getting and you skills at problem solving.

We classify this deal as "Asset B" and classify the first property as "Asset A".

What happened the last time the NOVA market pushed buyers out to Winchester is that the rubber band snapped when the market went down and they all went back. 

It took me a bit to narrow down my interest and capacity for risk but again, I have the BP community to thank for forcing me to think it through!