It was part of a large portfolio fo properties that hit the market.

"Long Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene is a good options and will help with getting an idea of good markets all over the place, not just your own backyard. 

I invest personally in multi-family, do off market direct to seller marketing, fix and flips and finally STR/MTR.

One is a furnished corporate rental and the other three are market rate unfurnished rentals, right in the heart of St.

By strategic, I'm assuming you mean brand/positioning/strategy and not specifically social media marketing, correct?

@Blake Yarbrough If you can structure the deal where you get the 80% financing with good terms and rate in place and it is a good deal meaning under contract with good terms, purchase price under market value and also being the asset and property manager.

Consider market considerations like Texas, New York, and Arkansas for informed decisions.

Is this a market you’d recommend?

Just some food for thought.What market are you in?

I feel like lenders can read through an P&L that might not be technically correct, because you can explain that "project ABC is underway, I'm down $100k on it, but it's set to hit the market in June and we're going to sell it for XYZ."