The sooner he gets it cleaned the sooner he has his rent monies freed up.

I had problems with gyms too.

Then figure out if you want to wholesale (flip properties) or do rentals, etc..Every portfolio should have rental properties so you will want to move in that direction sooner than later.

And that affected everything from local restaurants to the gyms to supermarkets, etc.Would I do it again?

As soon as the guaranteed period ends, or maybe even sooner, the payments dry up.

Where the land is near, if there is construction in the surrounding area, big city or rural, etc.It's always good to invest in land on the outskirts of big, growing cities, as the land value is lower than in the city but sooner than later the city will grow to encompass that land.

Do you guys have any advice for somone trying to get into the investment field sooner rather than later?

I want to start building my portfo. so I can retire in about 10ys.( IF NOT SOONER).

This would actually have been to their benefit as they would have known sooner rather than later that it was back on the HOA's liability.

If you want to go the complete LLC route, keep in mind you will be paying commercial loan rates and terms which are higher in rate and sooner in pay-off.