It’s refreshing to see someone leveraging both traditional methods and community engagement... it’s a solid mix.

A bit of cross-marketing can hedge your bets.At the end of the day, ALE is a solid lead source, but only if your property ticks all their boxes.

I can send you a solid attorney if you need one.

I've never been given a solid enough reason to put my properties in my LLC.

Both properties are located on the east side of Houston and present solid investment opportunities.

It has sat empty for the last 20 years but the current owners have completely gutted it, have bids from contractors they're willing to share, cost estimates etc. and have had lots of inspections done and so much pre-work with the city and county to figure out what they can and can't do, so a solid plan is already in place.

As long as you are comfortable with the sponsor (Brian has a solid reputation) and the opportunity meets your criteria, then it is your decision to move forward with the investment.

Hello @Anthony DiSanzo,I’ve lived in Memphis my whole life and have been helping investors like you build solid rental portfolios here for over 20 years.

I am not looking to leave my W2 and want to make sure that the properties I invest in are solid and would be something I would want my wife and daughter to live in. 

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.