FYI - Berkadia is the largest Freddie/Fannie multifamily lender in the country.

We sold our largest self storage location.

Some lenders that 20 years ago were considered private lenders are now so big (hedge funds) that they dwarf all but the largest banks and financial institutions.

It means stress is starting to show—and stress creates conversations that weren’t possible six months ago.At the same time, sellers now outnumber buyers by roughly 530,000, the largest gap ever recorded.

we usually prioritize metrics like private insurance numbers, overall population, % of population in psychographic profile we are searching for (generally "YXB" from experian, aka "young families), FBI crime statistics, and then we generally layer in competition as well and have a "max competitors" in that zone.This allows us to go through the market we are considering, or state, or multi states as in your case, apply a systematic "prioritization" and then we get granular and look at each market and area that "qualifies" in more detail.The largest benefit to going with the midwest over your other markets is the long term livability and survivability in those climates. 

He draws in a great group of investors and also founded the Elite Investors Mindset Group, one of the largest local RE masterminds. 

I was one of largest court house steps buyers in the PDX market for years having bought hundreds of these. 

Many people would have difficulty adjusting to a sudden large change in their LARGEST expense (housing).

Most of my syndication investment was with Atlanta unfortunately - I was the largest investor and likely to lose it all. 

Looking forward to getting out of this particular rat race I am in right now. back in the day before the GFC I was the largest HML in the Jackson MS / Hinds county market So I spent a lot of time there..