Commercial Real Estate Underwriter

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Hi all,

I've been interested in real estate since first lurking these forums in high school. I had countless hours of real estate coursework in college and five internships in brokerage, capital markets, and private equity. I recently graduated and am now an analyst at a commercial real estate private equity firm that focuses on value-add investments of $1mm-$20mm in southwest markets. In my position, I source deals, underwrite them, make offers, and handle all aspects of due diligence till close. I absolutely love my job and the foundation its laying in eventually owning my own real estate. 

My question is for those of you who own or invest in commercial assets. It seems like there's an opportunity for me to lend my skills in underwriting and analyzing deals to those without an extensive background in commercial real estate. I'm thinking of testing this market, as I truly enjoy doing this kind of thing. I know there're companies out there who'll do this, but end up charging hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, for what I see as simple analysis on a deal-by-deal basis. For those of you who have outsourced your underwriting, analysis, etc, what incentivized you to do this? Was it worth it? Would you do it again?

Thanks for any feedback.