- Commercial is still very much "behind the times" in that its a "hand shake" and "pick up the phone" kinda biz. 

pick a few - go there - drive around. 

Pick up a copy of the book Lend to Live: Earn Hassle-Free Passive Income in Real Estate with Private Money Lending.

We, thankfully, had a friend of a friend connect us to a delivery person, who directly picked up flooring and delivered to us, then we worked with flooring company to get a credit back on price.Or, we did Ikea cabinets, which came with both more pieces than we ordered, and not all the pieces we ordered.  

In that case it is costing me money and not making me any because I am picking up NOI but working for it as an owner/operator.

Pick a market and begin to study it. 

this is a hard one. background services like identingly.com might not pick up any history.

As an agent, have you picked a focus yet or considered specializing/nicheing into being an "investor friendly" agent targeting investors to work with (over generic homebuyers)?

If you're spending your time counting trivialities like this you are "tripping over dollars to pick up pennies".

With the start of the school year, many residents are reluctant to pick up and move.