These guys virtually dominate Page 1 for any real estate search term people use.

I am in a couple of towns they invest in but I'm lucky in that most of the big players don't come down to my main farm areas.

It puts us in a false dominant position over tenants.

local planning and engineering firms will know who the players are

Too many sharks, con artists, and mediocre players in this market to not make research and trust the priority before even thinking about breaking ground.

If your likely price point is less than 1MM than banks are going to be the best players, but they can also have high barriers to entry with regards to liquidity/net worth and who they'll lend to.

NASB is the lender we have found the best terms with in our region (some are just regional non-recourse lenders that may be player in your area but not mine.)Dan Dietz

This is no surprise since Google dominates about 2/3 of other search engines (Bing, Yahoo).

For our home we purchased fun activities that didn't take up space like board games, an XBOX (can be used as a dvd player), and an old school Nintendo Entertainment System.

Quote from @Jwana Player: It's 1.