Get a deal under your belt - build your plan and work your plan until you achieve your goals.Persistance will pay off.Good luck!

@Otis Sanders Reach out to @Mark Byers at Signal Rents.

Also I am concerned about them becoming just another part of the rust belt that does pretty well in good times but hits tougher times during a recession. 

But I left the farm and worked in industry, where I earned money from my labor (time --> money) to buy the 2,000 calories a day.I knew that if I saved a portion of my income and invested it in income-producing assets (money --> money), the day would come when the income from those investments would be enough to buy the 2,000 calories a day I need to stay alive (my parents were struggling farmers in what is today the Rust Belt and were always looking for innovative ways to survive financially).

Its in the belt line area.

@Randy Sanders - Thank you. 

@Amina Sanders the information provided by @Mike McKeown is correct. 

I’m a Realtor with three flips under my belt.  

Keep doing your thing, but FYI often commercial financing gets a lot easier once you have one or two residential 1-4 unit properties under your belt. 

I'm not super familiar with hard money so I will probably take your advice and stay away from it for now until I have more experience under my belt.