For example, a few years back, I was working with an investor who wanted to break into the Phoenix market - a solid choice, by the way, because of the rental yields—and we ended up uncovering an off-market duplex that wasn't even on her radar.

Your mentor will find you through building relationships and adding value with your experience to the larger group.

Machine learning shows that building 14 more smaller properties will be more profitable than over a 10 year period than building 8 larger homes.

I understand that it may take time to build the capital for larger deals, but I’m committed to making it happen.

They can be a great source for tenants, but the world of people traveling who need furnished rentals is much, much larger than just traveling medical professionals.

If that's your market, your only choice is to get aggressive or sit vacant.Consider lowering the price but increasing your standards.

But they are not very popular and usually for larger properties.

If you were a larger user of a particular plumbing service, such as 120 apartment units with older plumbing and frequent issues, or a McDonald's you might expect a little better service.Good Luck!

Tampa’s a prime spot right now, and starting with fix-and-flips is a solid choice for building capital.

Sean,I have had some good exposure to larger commercial/industrial deals but would like to start investing on my own for small multi family properties, ultimately end goal is to build a portfolio that can someday support my retirement, provide flexibility for my family, and create something that I can work on with my kids to show them the power of real estate and entrepreneurship and hopefully someday pass down to them.