The entire region is growing rapidly. 

As the European Union's economic leader, Germany's real estate market benefits from the region's overall stability and growth, with German property prices showing resilience in both boom and downturn periods.5.

I think a community bank would be much more apt to put a deal together for you than a big national or regional bank like Huntington.

HUDuser.org is great for vacancy rates, but cross-referencing with local market reports is important for more context.For job diversity and employers, LinkedIn or regional economic development websites often provide insights.

It may vary due to region but in my SF stuff, I've had people willing to pay more so they can be pigs on the utility side.

Right Amit, this problem is actually a simple mathematic equition:one wants to swap a lesser performing rental with the more performing investment.The problem is since the performance is set by market, thus the problem is becoming:one wants to swap a less performing single/MF rental property in specific regional to a regional syndication economy that's more performing.In reality, these are difficult as the home price is rising and rent growth for SFR is higher than the growth of apartment/multifamily complexes esp. if it's class A property.Solution ?

Before you commit I would talk to banks, probably local banks are better than regional or national. 

I'll actually answer your questions instead of going on an emotional rant like the poster above.The only caveat is that I'm speaking to how things work in my region, and how wholesalers operate around here.

There are so many variables and some of the biggest misunderstandings come from regional variances on how these variables are handled (mortgages & financing especially).I had thought progressing towards multifamily and then commercial was the obvious path to follow, but one conversation changed it all.

However, the rate can vary depending on the job's complexity, the handyman's experience, and the region.