Depending on your goals items like; population growth, job growth, rent growth, job diversification are items that better help you understand a market's growth opportunity.

Normally, you honk your car horn till the offender shows up, often in a few minutes.tenants items and those left after a foreclosure are somewhat different.. and dont do as I say or do I am just saying how I handled it.  

Notice that my decision changed as a new problem arose and a desire to sell arose as well.So train your senses to sniff out problems.Additionally, most passive investors will invests with real estate professionals because they have money and a desire to invests in real estate but:1. lack the time to look for deals themselves2. lack the knowledge to find good dealsSo when people invest with you and your deals you are giving them to invest in opportunities that they would not have had by themselves.You should be coming from a "giving" mindset instead of a taking mindset.In conclusion, by coming from a problem solver mindset is how you find deals and money.

Jackson, the largest Army basic training location.

Finding roommates can definitely be more challenging in the burbs but given your proximity to the train and that Canton is a thriving town, you would be able to gain traction.

The business cashflows $95k a year and is fully staffed with trained, certified, and loyal employees who want to keep their jobs.

Guidance as come from Court cases and interpretations on many of those items. 3.

If you're going to be commuting into the city then look for places just off the PATH train.

My hypothesis is there could be unique considerations around:  1) insurance, 2) environmental diligence, 3) due diligence like estimating vacancy, and 4) how best to research leasing comps because commercial leases are so different among other items.

Lessons learned were when doing your rehab estimate focus on the expensive capital expense items first.