A lot of people move from their current market to invest in more ideally priced markets, including myself. 

Ideally, you would have money for down payment in savings and use a HELOC to find the rehab to reduce your hard money costs.

Ideally, an individual landlord who self-manages a 2-8 unit property where you rent the majority of the building. (2) Creating a valuable offering: In business, you have to think about the problems your target customer has and then find a way to profitably solve them with a valuable offering. 

They’ve proved to be very picky/not ideal and we’d rather move on.In addition, we felt remorse when we signed with them thinking that we should have sold it instead of renting it another year.

Concessions are not always an option or ideal.

The ideal combination IMO is a business that generates cash flow and then investing that cash flow it into A and B real estate assets.I just recently met a guy who had held and self-managed class D portfolio for 40 years and he can't retire, he has nothing to show for.

Ideally I could install a caged ladder from the 3rd floor window but none of this crap is clear.

When leveraging your money, you will see bigger returns with appreciation, but if you can still get a little cash-flow so you're not bleeding money, that's the most ideal situation. 

For distribution connected projects, the property needs to have close proximity (ideally adjacent) to a utility substation. 

While not always ideal long-term, this can help secure a lower rate while you focus on cash flow.If you need any lender recommendations or want to explore further options, feel free to reach out.