I paid cash and roughly 25% of retail value. 

This is the same process a national retail store chains use to determine store locations and what to stock.

Subdivisions of build to sell are favorable to local SFR landlords because more rooftops means more retail and dining, which makes a more desirable rental area. 

Success:  Signing a deal with First WatchFailure: Bought a retail condo, not realizing the low ceilings were such a deal breaker for a lot of tenants.Pain: A lot of turnover this year, especially in light industrialAha moment:  Mortgage note investing needs to be a larger part of my portfolio2025 Goals: Less Investing and more pickleball!

typically it's much more difficult or even impossible to wholesale something that is in retail condition / for which the owner wants a retail price. 

Mixed-use properties that integrate residential units, co-working spaces, and retail areas with sustainable design elements are particularly appealing.

I started with multifamily but price expectations have gotten out of control.Just refinanced my multi-tenant retail property and pulled out much more cash than I put in. 

I have been thinking small office or retail (which I have experience in); larger multi family (10-20 unit), RV Storage, and have even thought about beach front hotel, or at least ocean view hotel.

Anyone can go to any website of any big box retailer and see how unusual that is.

I was building a new laundromat in the best retail area of our town when our job site got its tools and copper robbed for the second time.