A little common sense needs to be used too, a family unit can't be defined in reality for those of legal age and children younger or infants may be sleeping with adults.

Define your market. 

The most important aspect that defines the success of an assisted living facility is the operator.  

2) Would the risks of having vacancies and repairs urge you to take a definite but defined loss now vs a possible loss later?

I will definately start diving in ASAP. 

Hi,I've been doing a lot of county wide mailings and marketing, but it's just not working. Some advice I got was to really narrow down to a particular area--even a subdivision. So, my questions is what criteria do you...

Graham Mink  there's no such thing as easy money in this business.Your screening criteria needs to focus on ability to pay (you have that answer), rental history, financial responsibility, and any character criteria you have that's unrelated to protected classes.The less you know about the person's medical condition, the less likely you will be accused of disqualifying them for that reason. 

I live in eden, nc, but also looking to invest in durham as it is definately a place for the most growth potential in the triangle area.  

LOL  BOMA defines Class A,Metropolitan Base Definitions Class AMost prestigious buildings competing for premier office users with rents above average for the area.

I haven't rcvd. a reply yet, as to how they define 'current market'.