Hello BiggerPockets,I have been slowly, but surely building my REI foundation via listening to the podcasts, reading the forums, reading books (just finished J Scott's "The Book on Flipping Houses" and "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs"), and have begun to analyze deals.I am a numbers and process/systems guy, also cautious and like to check all the boxes, so I have been looking at various markets to potentially invest and I am wondering what other out-of-state BRRRR investors look for when identifying a new market.

@Matt Moore, take a cut off to a local lumber yard (not HD or other big box) and ask if they have a matching profile for exterior siding.

There is a little bit of my home in every STR of mine; kegorator, fire pit, pellet gun & pigeon bait, propane or gas grill, Netflix, adult movies, 2 sets of boxing gloves and headgear, artwork of scantily clad women, etc. 

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It will be easier to run the siding up to the box.  

@sign,type their name,outside box double click on their name and it populates the box with their name in blue.

@Simon Hernandez I would stay away from the big box lenders if you are looking for service.

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Without the demand for climate storage and another big box stores, and with multi-family redevelopment of these buildings likely being too expensive to be profitable, does anybody have any ideas (or better yet examples) on how to take advantage of this large onslaught of vacant space? 

Let's say that I found a MF Syndication Offering that seems to check most boxes for my investment criteria.