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There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

My wife and I started saving and building our credit a year and a half ago after talking to a lender to figure out our trajectory to buying our first property.With our credit score in the high 700s and our savings just over 35K we reached back out to our lender and got a rough estimate of where we stood as far as borrowing power.

For example, investing on the south shore may offer affordable property prices, but it may also come with high crime rates and a less stable environment.

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

Very high interest rates, Easy times to find deals with conventional loans and hard times and recently the housing bubble / crash.  

@Alexandra Coryell this is going to be highly dependent on your lender and your builder. 

Are there any specific marketing channels or tactics that property management companies often overlook but can be highly effective in lead generation?

Much like fix and flip loans spiked up to 11-14% for a while, and are now back in the high 9's to 11's, I think it's encouraging to see the terms floating back to closer to where they were before. 

Do not paint brick -- low maintenance becomes expensive high-maintenance, no thank you.