As an example, we bought our houses in the $80k range in San Angelo, and then they hit oil in the region. 

There are some cities that are currently good buy and hold investment regions. 

Regional differences in how long it takes to write an offer vary greatly.

Number one the tenants pay more rent for the location which increases NOI and number two a retail center with strong regional to national tenants over mom and pop usually sells for a substantially lower cap rate.So income goes up and cap rate goes down and you have a boost to equity.  

I discovered this website that gives average Rehab cost based on regional data.

I have a lot f experience and knowledge of investing around the Philadelphia region and surrounding suburbs.

I found a 'regional bank' that holds these loans in house.

@Erwin F.I got my HELOC from Regions bank and they did it on the primary with no closing costs.

. : )Mostly new developers with mom and pop tenants back filling at lower rents because the national and strong regionals who are experienced operators have passed on the developer's sites.Those tenants tend to get more picky on location, access, visibility, traffic counts, quality of the center construction, site layout flow,etc.Smart businesses know rent rate is not the only factor to consider.

Holy moly ... so much to learn and re learn and never learn.but short version is its all regional.. you cannot ask this question on a nation wide forumwhat works in one jurisdiction does not work in another. your best bet is to talk with a local civil engineer that does lot developemnts.. they will be the go to person.