My belief is that the collective intelligence of forums like this one is a great start to get alternate ideas, especially in real estate.I mean, I see discussions of 10% coc return in these forums.

They alternate Worcester and Burlington every other month.

If you have the down payment for two and can get the loan, that is a great alternative to multifamily rentals. 

My alternative plan would be to LTR it. 

I definitely wouldn't sell it if the alternative was to deploy the money out of state in a location that doesn't have upside appreciation potential. 

Alternatively, the tenant could simply make minimum rent payments throughout the year, and when the CAM reconciliation is performed, the tenant would be billed for the entire amounts, since they had not made any of these payments during the year.

There are proven techniques to follow.

Or perhaps this is the wrong approach and you'd like to offer an alternative idea on getting the lender to take me seriously.

While some members have acquired such good deals on properties using their techniques that they were able to buy with no money down, that is not their focus.  

Its located in Gloucester County and it could potentially benefit from some of the port & alternative energy investments Gloucester county is trying to obtain.