When researching a market, it is important to pay attention to the factors you highlighted above as well as what brings people to the city and what will continue to do so.

It will appear. double click and it will highlight in blue and then they are notified that you thanked them or need more information on the topic.

(Flip side) any good things you'd highlight? 

If you live in a hot area where the heat will damage the interior or cause cracks, if there’s any food that goes bad wrecking the fridge, if there’s a sump pump that isn’t powered and allows flooding, the garage doors forget remote codes, etc etc etc. 

It also is more an agricultural and food service hub than a manufacturing hub, so the jobs in the area cannot really be moved overseas.

Even more important than the money I got educated on the entire flip process including buying a short sale, working with contractors, picking finishes, staging, hiring a photographer, resale strategy, etc.CURRENT DEAL: I have a few deals going on but highlights on the biggest one is another single family home I bought in December 2021 for $1,560,000.

Just food for thought.

I was thinking about something between 6-10 units.However, I am unfamiliar with how commercial loans work, and I was wondering if more experienced investors could highlight some of the big differences between commercial versus residential.

Downtown itself has a decent number of breweries/food options, grocery stores, and things to do, while still being a short metro/Uber ride to downtown DC. 

You can highlight and include the relevant parts in the rental agreement that requiring him to do so.While some of the problems are certainly not an emergency, the tenant likely doesn't understand that.