Memphis has actually come up a few times in my research but I have done no research yet to understand the area. 

Truth be told, just because it is off market doesn't mean the deal is good, in fact this tactic is often used to get people to believe something is worth more than it actually is...I recently had an interaction with another Real Estate agent/wholesaler who reached out to me about a listing I have. 

I figured you did, no one actually wants to know about a hick town in Montana...  

Great post just trying to highlight some of those actual tertiary markets where people can look. 

Regardless if you are worried about blow-back from a PR perspective, Most non profits spend way less on the actual cause than they claim to, so I'm thinking you'd be able to run a "counter" PR campaign if it really came to that. 

One thing I have been struggling with is finding what properties are actually selling for.

Best of all, we get to provide actual affordable housing in a rural area where you can't find much below $1,000 right now. 

Thanks, I'm actually transitioning to retail/industrial

I actually do this for my OOS investors

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