If it’s wider than 3’, it should have a cricket (little ridge) behind to help with water diversion.

(I'm not a financial investor/advisor)I understand there is value in portfolio diversity.

A great byproduct of doing that was gaining geographic diversity.

You've copy/pasted this same response over and over in different threads and while almost all of the information you posted is true, the cheap shot against real estate agents is a damned lie.I get that you're trying to self-promote here (a violation of BP rules), but to keep lying about others isn't the way to do it.Real estate agents in Mass are under a legal obligation to get the Property Transfer Notification for (lead paint disclosure) fully executed before an offer is submitted on a property. 

Modern/diverse economy4.

The strategy that I use and  promote is lease options or land contracts.

Stable and diverse employers? 

No fee and promotional rate of prime minus 1.51 for the first year, then prime + 1.47 beyond. 

This is a passion project for us as we love to promote reusable products that reduce 1 use plastic and other items :)So what are we looking to get out of Bigger Pockets?

Cap rates are a very simplistic value used to measure the much more complicated and diverse economic eco system in each market They allow us to quickly and easily asses the health and condition of a local investment economy, and more accurately predict the future returns on our investments.