We have successfully raised $4.5M for our senior housing syndication in Northern California and are closing in three weeks with our lender despite Coronavirus!Neither our equity investors nor our lender have been affe...

Now I feel more comfortable. 

Of course, the winters in Minneapolis aren't easy on houses, but I assume builders in this region are well aware of what it takes to build stable buildings for the environment.  

Basically you could view it as fishing in the 87% pond or the 13% pond . . . it's possible to sell in either pond, but in a shaky environment I would fish in the surest one.Also, in this example your net proceeds would be the same; I'd welcome the opportunity to have their agent do the heavy lifting if it isn't' coming out of my pocket.

I will say the only reason I felt so comfortable at the refi part, even in these times, is my renter.   

I am a long term buy and hold, and its comforting to me to know that I will have cash flow right away rather than stressing out over whether or not I will have a tenant asap.

Four of the seven would have solid cashflow and are in a growing community / region so I feel comfortable with potential for future appreciation as well.

What are some ways to network with today’s environment?

I normally ask for a security deposit equal to one month's rent, 1.5x is the max allowed by law where I am and I would increase the deposit to the max IF the prospective tenant had a score above 500 and was working to improve their score and the rest of their history looked ok.Given the current environment with COVID -19, they may be very willing to help you out just to get a paying tenant into a vacant rental.Hope that helps,Kelly

The process is too complicated though to be streamlined for everyone to be comfortable.