Explore Home Depot for "window shutters, paintable" and you'll discover the issue for yourself.

If she says it can't be done with a traditional mortgage, then I'm sorry but it can't be done and it's time to explore hard money.

. # of companies per city)General knowledge or stereotypes of location (not the best criteria but given that I had more states to choose from than I had time to explore each individual state in depth, my goal was to find reasons not to invest in a state)My results: 12 statesTexas, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Washington, Arizona, Maryland, NevadaStep 4: For each of the 12 states, I listed out all the cities that had at least 1 Fortune 500 company and cross referenced those cities with a list of colleges from http://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/.

As you explore more and more on real estate investing, you'll find a lot of articles, books, and the likes, where you can find just about anything in REI (Real Estate Investing).

Gives me a lot to go on when exploring other strategies.  

Make sure you explore all the options prior to investing outside of your home state.

I have became a "pro member" and will explore the marketplace to help me find connections.  

Lately I’ve been exploring alternate personal income streams and my interest in the residential market has somewhat naturally led me towards real estate investing.

I'm looking at SF right now to cut my teeth on, then I'm going to explore MF.

I would explore an alternative... just a thought.