Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

Once you look at 100+ properties that have rented you will have a much better idea of what rents could be.

I'm of the idea though that now is a great time for Americans investing internationally (because of our inflated US dollar).I know I'll be giving $10K to FIRB.  

Cool idea.

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Happy to connect if you need more ideas

Don't need a ton of pictures but I want to get a decent idea of the location and condition.So basically you dont want your customer to know it look dumpy until they show up.....I can understand the safety from people looking for vacant houses.... then anyone selling a house better take all of their outside pictures off their listing

I have his phone number but wanted to come up with a good proposal before I call him and pitch my idea.

Hey Justin,I'm from CA and I have been in MS for a few years now, but my husband is a MS native.We are a family owned Property Management Company and we have plenty of experience with owners and investors.I have some ideas that you may be interested in, and I would love to know more about your opportunity to provide some insight.

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