Security is very important esp to certain segments of the student body.like others said - get someone/the parents as guarantors.

One of the larger REIA meetings in my area has a short segment before the main presentation that allows attendees to present their "Haves and Wants".

The funny thing is that as of late... the fastest growing segment of our userbase is advanced investors moving away from websites they built themselves (or from other systems like Realeflow or Freedomsoft).

In your particular segment of building type you defined as 20 unit, this is a segment not targeted by large investors, so you may be able to squeeze one out from an owner-operator looking to unload.3.

A commonly stated risk of a smaller population is possibly having an employer, that's providing jobs to a rather large segment of the population, leave/shut down. 

Prices are dropping in that segment, fast.

As you have rightly said though insurers know the odds as they pertain to large segments of the population and they wager in a way that they rarely are unprofitable.Great discussion all parties. 

This is why I highly recommend shopping for Realtors that can embrace the "new way of working" and offer alternatives that can set them apart from the rest while meeting the increasing demand from millennials (largest buying segment in the US).   

That said, I focus on a very different market segment (mostly 800k to 1.5 mm on the residential side) so that dictates how I approach things.Water issues are the number one cause of litigation in my line of work so I am very focused on water/moisture management. 

In addition to the appreciation and rent growth rate, other factors to consider include minimum population size, state and metro population growth, operating costs, and rental regulations.Target tenant segment - A property is no better than the tenant who occupies it.