They need to pay for it which will ultimately result in a feud I feel like…which I tend to always try to prevent. 

Generally speaking, multi-family units—especially older properties—tend to come with higher operating costs, though this may be offset by proportionally higher rents.

Traditional banks tend to not have this product.

In general I find national firms especially the big boys, the CBREs, JLLs, etc of the world tend to have exponentially higher valuations on listings than the market will actually pay. 

The Fed tends to lag treasury yields. 

Usually, this is where there are issues which tends to happen after transporting the home to the end location. 

-- focusing on too many channels would get overwhelming quickly, but I feel like I'd succeed if I focused on one.As this post probably lets on, I'm a bit of an over-thinker which tends to lead to paralysis-by-analysis.  

And I would require the contract to state the the furnishings would all belong to me if they ended up being short on rent and I had to go after them.To me, many of the people that do this tend to do it because they don't have the money to buy the units themselves. 

Where do STR buyers tend to look for properties?

Just know that A class areas tend to have very high income earners, and D does not.