I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.

As far as location’s you will more or less be limited to D.C. and frankly not great areas in the city, there are pockets of Maryland that have them, mainly some parts of Baltimore, a few parts of Baltimore county, Takoma park, Hagerstown & a few parts of the eastern shore but the vast vast majority will be in D.C. 

Since foreign nationals can invest freely in US real estate market, I shouldn't have problems. 

Plus, some lenders might want to see 'national' tenants in the commercial space exclusively.

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I also see that in many national guru videos about Texas. 

Fix and Flip, DSCR, construction, foreign national, etc.

If it can't cover overhead expenses and make a reasonable profit, it might not even be in business long enough to finish your project.The National Association of Home Builders published a report a few years ago that stated that their "best" remodeling contractors averaged something under 4% net profit.

There are several National Insurance companies that could easily handle 1.6M. 

We've worked together 20+ years and they're a national lender with full spectrum of residential & some commercial programs.