Are you using a large national firm or a local bank.  

Over 10 million people visit the Smoky Mountain National Park each year and a lot of them will walk this main street.Competition: Three public parking lots in between my land and the main street.  

Multifamily Investment ForecastNational Report, 2017National Multifamily Index (NMI) Several markets with favorable supply-and-demand balances and momentum in hiring made large moves to ascend to the top spots in the 2017 National Multifamily Index (NMI).Los Angeles advanced 11 places in the Index from one year ago to take the highest position in 2017 behind a forecast for further tightening in vacancy and minimal supply growth.

You can get a 30 year am with a national lender, but more red tape in the lending process.

Interview at least 3 and see how they feel to you.Small to Mid-Sized Banks will be a little easier to work with than a large, national bank.  

Twin Cities has the lowest vacancy rate in the nation.

@Bryant Amundson you may find someone nationally with experience but that experience won't necessarily translate into good local information. 

Most national credit agencies can run your reports for you.

If it is a larger national or regional bank they will probably not talk to an individual investor.Banks will sometimes list properties on the local MLS with a broker.  

Similar but more succinct, I think more up to date and compared vs nation instead of vs state....