@Gareth Fisher Things might be different in PA, but her in my area (MA), electric baseboard is the cheapest to install, but by far the most expensive to run.I have had retail buyer clients who have said that they would not even consider a property with electric baseboard heatI'm a fan of mini-splits (on your tenant's electric meter!)

I stayed with the company for a few years and ended up being involved with the opening of two new retail locations.

We are seeing the retail prices getting pushed higher and higher which is great for investors.

I suggest you first decide what you want to invest in, i.e, multi-family, self-storage, hotels, mobile home parks, retail shopping centers, office, industrial, etc., and then attend some training events in those asset classes.

It depends on if you are talking  a single tenant building or a retail building with multiple tenants in it.Since you said proportionate it sounds like a tenant in a building with other tenants.

Amazon is building a 2.3 million (yes, 2.3 million) square foot distribution center.[4] Home Goods, a national home furnishing retailer, is set to build an 800,000 square foot distribution center.

If an investor is eager to pay 350K all-cash off market, I'll bet you can find a retail buyer (or an unsophisticated "investor") to pay even more.

There is only a few reasons to buy single family houses as a rental, one reason is when you are "house hacking", if there is high demand for it as this time, if I was doing a "Lease Option, and it has a good location, several amenities there and close-by good schools nearby, good retail nearby, public transportation with a nearby bus stop, etc.. 

Those banks tend to lend though in only states where they have locations.The conversion rate used to be in Canada's favor years back but has swung the other way so it's harder to invest in the U.S. for return.I have had some Canadian clients in the past for commercial retail.

That was the first mistake I made getting my license (joining a "retail" team) and it put me back almost a year from my investing and selling goals.