.)- Potential to sell your own insurance for your own facility units (legal hoops with this I am sure but a large number of facilities have this)Cons:- High price point to obtain a facility, you can't just buy a handful of units within a facility (that I know of)- Vacancy rate is relatively high at ~8-12%- Current supply trend for facilities is outpacing consumer demand in most markets- However, investor demand is very high which is driving up price/sqft of many facilities- Potential for turnover is higher with tenants, unless marketing towards businesses storing excess goods/supplies- Large facility with a lot of sqft to maintain and upkeepWould be great to get some feedback from you savvy investors!

.)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages- Number of Building Permits Issued- Foreclosure Rate- School Ratings- Crime StatisticsWhen you consider all the variables listed above you will be better able to judge a locations tenant quality.Also take into consideration the direction in which each of these market indicators are trending.

What is the trend of growth for the state and specific municipality?

It has been administered to all households in the country every decade since 1970.Investors should use this data set when more granularity or long term trend data is desired than what the ACS offers.

As far as Landlord expenses, you want to ask the Broker to provide the T-12 to see how the property has performed and then you take a look at the T-3 to see where its trending.

Not only will finding a buyer be easier in a high demand market but your chances of appreciation are greater especially if you can get into a market that has strong economic indicators where cap rate are compressing or trending down.

Baltimore City makes it difficult for being a landlord and the city does not have good overall statistics when I look at trends.

I will buck the trend a bit.

Townhouses, Single Family and more premium properties can go for more but when dealing with under $150,000 properties or small multifamily properties those rent numbers can ballpark you on your underwriting for Washington County, MD and Franklin County, PA.I have been stuck at home but evaluating nearly every property in the cities i look at regularly, i have been using Redfin to pull sales numbers for the last 2-3 years for zip codes in those counties to find trends and help me ballpark my ARV (confirmed by my realtor ultimately).

Hi @Gregory Cudzilo - I would talk with realtors in the NOVA/DC area to get a feel for which direction areas are trending.