Thanks Joe, you helped really press some buttons of next level thoughts and considerations on this. 

When I pressed Delta for answers, I was issued the following stern statement: "Let me start with as a courtesy we contacted you regarding Center Street and its not obligation to maintain your financing. 

Let's just say I know a thing or to about soccer/football and my good friend is Luka Modric's best man so it was interesting having a conference call and advising with both of them on some brand strategy for Luka hehe 🤠 He's not the best Luka. forza italia! 

Given the size of portfolio needed that presses a need for it to be mostly A class assets to mitigate operational weight, so it could push closer to $80m in acquisitions. 

Even though it did "cost me more" by splitting my profits with my investor, it meant I wasn't pressed against the clock with each day costing more interest.

He reached out last night and we have an appointment this afternoon for a conference call with his new bookkeeper to review our account.

Under $200k, pressing for sub $165k, with rents of $1,500mnth+There is a few different strategies were engaged in under this umbrella.

They can introduce you to all the local players you will need like property managers and lenders.Over time, increase your own personal knowledge and development with books, podcasts, and conferences on the topic.But finding a commercial real estate broker with a teacher's heart will go a long way to getting you started.To your success!

For networking, consider attending local meetups, conferences, networking events.

Alternately, if you’re going to do this at volume, and you’ll have to since margins here are thin, I would attend some of the lender conferences.