It's a great way to get a foot in the door and it provides more lending options as well if you owner-occupy.

It's their property and they will be able to answer any specific questions you have much better than someone from Evolve that has never set foot in the property.

I have an under 400 square foot ADU on my property and my wife and I lived there for two years before renting it out. 

What would you guys recommend for me to get my foot in the door.

Ideally I would like to purchase a apartment condo (1000 sq foot) in the Mountain View Sunnyvale area and pay additional money instead of paying rent and building zero asset.

Hey Tanner,House-hacking is one of the best way's to get your foot in the door of investing.

Just know, typically, in commercial transactions, the seller is not likely to be open to footing the bill for your broker.Things I would be curious about: Why is the landlord creating and selling off, effectively, retail condos?  

I used to fish the Smith a lot you talk about incredible river and the redwood groves one has to see those in their lifetime there is simply nothing like a Redwood Tree that is 30 foot at the butt and 250 ft tall and the canopy occupies 1/2 acre.

I do think that getting info from books gets you the 30,000 foot view, but you should look to join a group to get further education.

I'm 6'3'' and live in an English basement in DC with 7 foot ceilings (maybe 6'11'' ceilings where there's one inch carpet) and it's fine.