DIG does have the occasional national speaker / guru come to town, but the frequency of that has been reduced over the past decade.And DIG subgroup meetings are a good place to get better acquainted with investors who are also attending.

Last thing your going to do is educate a newer person on how to go out and beat you to your deals.I suspect this is starting to happen in these other markets.Along with price points... lower the bar of entry to a given market the more folks can enter.And I think what most folks realize after time that as you state this is a mid level corporate or business enterprise if one is to make any serious money at it.. other than the occasional flip they stumble into.One of the reasons turn key is so dog gone hot in most markets is investors will generally learn that anyone can get into the rental game.. but most have a very difficult breaking into the flipping game unless they are well capitalized and knowledgable on all aspects of lead generation.

I do browse the craigslist occasionally but not regularly.

He talked a lot about the BRRRR strategy and how it is one of his favorite ways purchase rentals and occasionally make some money on a short term flip as well.

Mid South said they occasionally have duplexes, but that those go to cash buyers first for the most part.  

@Tiffany Campbell I haven't seen too many oil units in Indianapolis but I have occasionally run across them in the semi-rural areas on the outskirts of the city.

Here in Canada mortgage terms are typically 1, 3, 5 or {occasionally} 8 or 10 years with 5 being the most common.

The larger the PHA, the more likely this is to be the case, as the program is not designed to pay over market rate for rentals, though occasionally it works out that way.

I run ads frequently and get an occasional response.

There are extenuating circumstances that occasionally come into play.