This way I'm aware of the end buyers buy box before I go locking up contracts with sellers.  

Other than that, you will need to network with a lot of people to find seller finance deals.

Also, due to increased liability exposure property insurance premiums is adversely impacted causing fewer and fewer building owners to seek out ATM tenants.

Maybe you did not explain it right, or maybe they want to see you succeed on your first deal then will throw money into the investment the next go around.

A group of us 4 investors are looking to form a partnership to purchase a property for commercial purposes and have a few questions about if we are going about this in the most efficient way.

The brokerage should be very glad to have you onboard.I'm looking forward to your future posts as you share your success. 

Hey all, I'd like to look into options to get into the RE world for my 19 year old daughter. 

If you have the experience then you should become a broker and go for it.

So, DIY landlords will need to set up an SMS account somewhere.If there's no app, where are landlord & tenant going to be able to search the history?

Are you planning on ever going down to the condo?