(Also makes the calls harder as I am self-conscious of my accent, and worry people won't be able to understand me)Yes I think I'd feel more comfortable if I found one or more great deals first, and then locate the buyers.

I'm easily distracted so I make a more conscious effort to really focus; and boy, I've really been focusing on real estate in my spare time when I'm not building apps.Story time: I moved to NY six months ago from San Francisco, and I'm currently renting in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Right now my initial concerns would be (aside from financial ones, which I'll outline below):What environmental concerns exist on the site?

In my opinion, preserving the water table is the single most important environmental responsibility we have to our species and all others, and if we screw that up, we deserve extinction. 

In other words, have they been researching and looked through our information and made a conscious decision that our place looks like a good fit? 

A local attorney who specializes in commercial might help.How do you know about title exceptions, ALTA level one survey, site inspection, phase one environmental,appraisal, service contracts, loan covenants,leases, property management agreement, estoppels & snda's, association dues, ccr's,etc.?? 

What environmental compliance issues exist?

What you choose to ignore in this discussion is that the tenants are consciously making a decision to pay someone else ahead of you.

Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions.  

If it is then your next step is to find a geo-tech engineering firm and an environmental engineering firm.