My hope is that the follow up email and application fee will help narrow that list of leads down to a more manageable pool. 

The school is in an interesting area and because of my own personal preference to avoid long commutes each day I would narrow that search down.

@Ali Boone well so far the markets I have in mind areOklahoma City, OKKansas City, MOColumbus, OHIndianapolis, INLouisville KYI’m trying to narrow my search and see which area I’d really like to focus on.  

Then they will get the flyers or brochures and review which ones you want to see.After seeing the properties, you will narrow down your selection and the agent will provide whatever financial analysis that is needed to determine if the numbers make sense.Commercial lending usually wants 30% to 40% down.

That may narrow down markets because you may need one with the best teams available.

What if you are searching the nation for investment areas though and have narrowed a short list and need to assess the path of progress remotely?  

Define Your Target Area (Boston is to wide.... narrow it down to focus in set cities/towns) 2.

Would love to sync up with some folks agents/property managers etc. in these areas to try to really narrow down where I'm looking and get something put together! 

It really helped narrow down where to invest in. 

Just saying.I found the article to be guilty of the cherry picking I mention as it only focuses on a very narrow topic that may have in fact contributed to the crash.