U can check out  ivyridgeestatescanby dot com for my 90 home project in Oregon that I did with my oregon bank and then my website for pictures of homes we built in Charleston SC which is the only market I tagged HML ( lima one) and only one time the rest were done with Ameris bank or Service first bank that is local in the market. its all about the three C's  Character Collateral and capacity..

About to close on a 10+unit apartment building and my wife and I would like to self-manage as much as possible, as I am local. 

Finding an engineer that's highly regarded locally can help slipstream your efforts.

I had a unique perspective of how these two industries working together.While performing an inspection on a house, I got to chat with the seller and found he was a commercial construction superintendent for a large local company.

I'm local to the area you checked into on the post.

I’ve invested locally in SFH.

I feel like I need to stay local (Greater Cincinnati OH)2-4 units.  

Thank you all who responded, I plan on spending some time driving the neighborhood and talking to anyone at the local coffee shop who will talk to me. 

I recommend checking local crime statistics on SpotCrime.

From around 2018, when the golf course closed, until 2021 local residents essentially used this giant open parcel of grassy land right in the city as open space.