Easier to afford retirement and if they are selling a business, the taxes along may pay for their house. 

You'll start to learn the shorthand of ARV, CoC, ROI, cap-rate, etc. pretty quickly.I think most of the language around "where to buy" is a lot easier to understand:  job growth, population growth, average household income, unemployment, school district quality, crime heatmaps, blah...blah...blah...  

They do need to be able to do your taxes for the state you are conducting business in as well, but that will be easier to find than someone who really understands how to take advantage of the tax code for a real estate investor.

Once you figure out your why and your passion, you line up your goals to support your why/passion and then your investing criteria are much easier defined to support your goals. 

This will now make it much easier for agents and brokers to share and maintain information so cap rates in the area will become more transparent to realtors.As of right now your best bet on getting cap rates for particular property types is by contacting commercial brokers or commercial lenders.

I don't even mention Section 8 in my ads, even thought I target it for certain properties.

This would target business types that would be a good fit for the center.

We don't have specific targets for LTV, we would just like to minimize cash out of pocket.

Charlotte had seemed like such a perfect city because of the colleges nearby and tons of work downtown, it hinted to me it would be easier to find roommates to rent out the rooms to while I live there.

Price to pay really depends on your personal investment strategy and target ROI.