They have a rehab estimator that I haven't been able to find anything comparable to outside their "system" that allows you to estimate costs based on whether you're 1.) flipping in an upscale, medium, or lower scale neighborhood, or 2.) rehab/hold/renting.

It had a medium house fire and was renovated.

When I looked further, the same data showed Illinois had a medium or high level of outbound population since 1977.

To me, this is a "end of the world as we know it" investment, and you would want to have some medium of exchange in small enough units to use for day to day purchases.

In fact my next move in the immediate future is going to be a standard width Sprinter conversion or the like with a generator, potty/shower, bed, a place to store my surfboard/s and bicycles and a good supply of necessities.

It is true that people have found new mediums to get referrals.

Tampa is a very multi-Opportunistic market. a lot of people are successful with long-term, medium term, and short term, rental investment properties.

How do I break into this medium term rental market?

I do think taking a loan may be a happy medium.

And there's a lot more volume in the 3-4 unit space than in other segments (so many more opportunities to close deals and earn money, rather than relying on landing a whale once or twice a year).Furthermore, experience in small multifamily could obviously lead to an opportunity to operate in the medium to large multifamily space, where the analysis is much the same, but the numbers are much bigger.