hey @Noyessie Hubert Im an insurance agent and I specialize in the home buying industry-- we work with multiple carriers! 

There’s an entire “industry” consisting of gurus, attorneys and title companies that provide services and advice for transacting real estate without paying off the existing lien(s).  

If someone new got into the industry as a part time agent,  what would you focus on?

His entire platform to politics, becoming a Mayor, than Senator, was in representing DEAD towns, dead and near dead markets who lost there industry basis and have been eviscerated and NOT come back. 

Here is a framework to think about how buying properties creates the most tax efficiency for you.The 6 levers of depreciation:Lever 1 - % of LandOne of the components of a property is land.Land is NOT DEDUCTIBLE, so low value land properties mean more tax deduction.A value of your overall purchase will be assigned to the land or lot.You receive no near-term tax benefits for buying land.For example - If you buy a $2 MM industrial building outside a rural town on 5 acres, the land value could be $5k an acre.

the majority of the successful urgent cares in the county are in close proximity to grocery anchored retail centers.

I’ve been learning about the industry / different regional markets for the past few years and am eager to execute my first deal in the near term and continue growing through this community.My primary goal is to purchase a property I can live in while generating rental income (e.g., a single-family home with a tiny house, a duplex, or a single-family property where I can install a tiny house).

SFH, small multi, apartments, industrial, car washes, laundry mats, storage.   

Plus, its worth noting that no Retail Priced property will be at a number where you're going to get the benefits of investing (cash flow and equity)What is working now is looking for single family with accessory units or mother-in-law suites, or duplexes.

From what gathered when I spoke to the investor agent I have there, most STR candidates on the retail market were only breaking even.