SFRs and MFRs near the Smokies are a hidden value b/c everyone buys cabins but forgets about the folks who live there and need a quality 2BR/2BA rental. 

@Kevin Kim What I see and experience is that single-family with ADU is a better investment vs 2 to 4 units as far as ROI and other factors (tenant quality, location, maintenance, etc).

It's a great place for families in terms of quality of life and cost of living and, as you mentioned, not a bad place to invest. 

For someone that's not as conservative, or a different view on the next recession, they might have a different opinion than me on all of this2) Sponsor quality check: (takes about 45 minutes per deal)I believe that a great sponsor can take an average looking deal and make it great, and that in mediocre sponsor can take a fantastic looking deal and make it bad (especially if there is a severe recession).

He said there were a lot of great quality people here who I could both learn from and do business with 

@Larry Turner at the duplex level, your concerns are primarily the same as single family, plus add historic financial statements.Beyond building condition, I would make sure you know market rents, and what quality of finishes are required to achieve this. 

If you’re using quality skip tracing, you should be able to get back info for both husband and wife without having to separate into two records.

Looking for the cheapest place in New England to buy multi families with good rent return, good quality of life, population growth, not a terrible tenant pool and somewhere to be approved for FHA (only a 200k loan) currently looking around Hartford CT, and Springfield Massachusetts.

The reason I ask is because when I was doing some wholesaling a little while back (I still wholesale), I would take tons of High Quality pics & shoot high quality videos, but no matter what when I sent them to my “investor buyers” they always insisted walking the property themselves...

I want to think that amenities of the home, quality screened tenants, the location, and the price point are all selling factors.