I've posted a few articles both on our website (below in the signature) as well as the blog I have here on BPBut those investors have also studied the local market a lot, talked with local professionals, and networked with other investors to help them understand the risks more.The meetup I help organize out here in Seoul is all about overseas investors looking to invest in the US or other countries. 

the Poughkeepsie journal wrote a recent article that dutchess county has an extremely low vacancy rate.

Also give this article a read.HOW TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS USING BIGGER POCKETS

By now, I have done months of research on the rental market in the area and read articles every day from BP.

If you are curious and would like more background info on our purchase of the building you can read this article about it in Crain's Cleveland Business.Here are some renderings for the exterior.

I tried looking up the appreciation rates for a lot of places and every article or report seemed to contradict the previous one.

Lessons from the evolution and consolidation of the hotel industry in the 1950s and 60s are informative in understanding the potential for this seismic growth impacting the lodging industry decades later.The history of hoteling – from grand hotel to international brand:According to a December 2013 article in The Economist entitled “A Short History of Hotels: Be My Guest,” the age of the grand hotel lasted from 1860-1960.

Complaints to the city that brought out an inspector, who tried to enter on Nov. 17, failed and never returned.In such cases, said Robert Weisberg, a Stanford law professor and co-director of the school’s Criminal Justice Center, someone responsible for the property can be convicted of involuntary manslaughter if “a reasonable person under the circumstances would have realized there was some high probability of death.”I'm not going to post the entire article, but it has a decent summary of what it takes for a landlord to expose themselves to criminal prosecution. 

Brandon Turner has a great article on here about it.

Maybe I can offer a couple articles that can answer your questions in more depth.