These units are located across the street from a very active hockey arena, a few breweries, nice restaurants, and the new building of one of the largest employers in the city.

Cleveland is the one I am most familiar with and it's also very popular with investors across the USA so I figured you'd get some value out of reading The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.

The area where the property is located have homes with both central and window units just depending on what street you're on.

My uncle and I wanted to invest into Main Street in Ardmore.

There's a 6/2 on Clark Street that is going for 93k.

In a popular market like I'm in, when deals come on the market, they go fast.

First step is to check with the city or county to determine if you can do what you want to do and what is required for all zoning approvals and the time frame, Ask if you have to install curb, gutter, sidewalks, street signs, street lighting or any other special requirements. 

Student rentals are very popular and you can get a renovated duplex close to campus for around $100K.

I would also think of what the street names will be and if you can think of a theme. 

Tampa must be a lot more popular than Iowa.