Dollar General and Dollar Tree have been building ~1,000 stores each in the U.S. each year for over a decade, and I've read people on the forums who have pursued strategies for building and leasing specifically to these players at a high volume.How is this rate of new builds sustainable, and how can we determine the point of saturation, when the pipeline ends?

You will have a larger pool of folks that say, we always like to stay at Caribe or a Phoenix property, so they will be specifically searching for those types of properties. 

Additional information: rZoning permit from 1/16/1956 with a variance granting this as a 3 family unitI have no building permit saying this allows this as a 3 familyI am asking for any advice specifically for Philadelphia, PA.

A quick Google search turned this up:Some states, like South Carolina and Oregon, even require aspiring managers to carry a specific property manager's license.

However, I'm interested in more detailed guidelines regarding the specific categories of expenses and income, as well as any operational assumptions you might advise.For instance:General and Administrative Expenses: How do we determine if costs related to software, credit card fees, office supplies, etc., are reasonable based on the size (square footage) of the facility?

Happy to chat further if you have questions about a specific area.

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

I have been in the STR game 7 years and have built from scratch two times already, with unique architecture/ design forward STR specific builds as a hedge against the competition in my area.

Additionally, if you have specific plans for how you're going to leverage equity in this property to make more purchases that could be something to think about. 

I’ve specifically asked one insurance broker if there is such a thing as a blanket earthquake policy and there doesn’t appear to be.