There are two or three humungous structures going in the River North region. 

While these goliaths have certainly made their presence known by gobbling up huge chunks of market share, and permanently altering the appraisal profession’s model along the way, I am happy to report there are still local and regional appraisal firms surviving.

However, markets are generally region-specific and national.

If I was a renter I would not pay an application fee without seeing the property first.But this could also be regional specific standards.

You will find this in the NNN space with all the major regional and national chains.

Louis, Missouri region trying to score a better job closer to central St. 

And these 2 new construction properties are within the region described there.

Eventually, I would like to scale up in the same region but I am unsure how to determine if the city/neighborhood is a good location.

You get financing for projects like this from local and regional commercial banks. 

Thankfully, during my previous career as an international banker, I had been covering those regions and I got precious contacts with developers.