Tips for entering another geographical market successfully?
I have a building design I am looking to successfully duplicate in another location 1.5 hours away in a bigger city that I have no connections in or too. 




I am looking for suggestions from people on what kind of things they would or would not have done during the process of buying and building outside of your immediate area. 



I have phoned a few of the big name companies in the area and the agents will be sending me some information on some properties. But short of the obvious driving around how do you source your next location? 


I am searching for looking for light industrial or business service zoned raw land. 2-4 acres in Alberta, Canada

[{"id": "eeu8ki3", "text": "What kind of building is it?", "replies": [{"id": "eev4r6c", "text": "Industrial warehouse condo, looking for light industrial or business service zoned raw land. 2-4 acres ", "replies": [{"id": "eev8k7x", "text": "i'm in a similar field in the north east, i've found myself shifting downwards in terms of scale/population density, but rarely up from my \"sweet spot\" because cap rates simply do not make sense when i shift up\n\n1. check pricing, make sure when you go up in location quality, demand doesn't outstrip sense\n2. make sure that approvals to go condo are the same or similar in that demo, get a great lawyer. to go condo in 1 state is 5,000 in legal fees, to do the same in NYC is closer to 50,000 (with the exception to no-action) \n\nWhat is it you are worried about? I could likely move my operations to another city, but if I did, there are certain criteria that are most important. namely density and household income, i would not negotiate on either.\n\nThere's a lot to learn but i'll be happy to answer questions if you need, this subreddit was like a shrink's chair for me when i started my development company: i got 50% useful information, but 100% a springboard to bounce an idea or two from and I wouldn't have hit the numbers i did last year without it\n", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eeukp84", "text": "What city are you in?  Data providers are hyper regional", "replies": [{"id": "eev4ibx", "text": "We are in Alberta, Canada   ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]