Most of which don't think like investors (In my experience) They will set you up with MLS daily emails based on your preferences. 

Office buildings...Would it be good for fast food or bank where you could land lease them the property and they would develop it and your colleague would just sit back and collect check.As you can see there are a bunch of scenarios you can throw out there but it all starts with the zoning of the property and what is allowed under current zoning laws unless you wanted to go through a zoning variance proceeding.

On the areas that I focus on, I have subscribed to Google Alerts, which sends daily updates of news stories that feature my areas.

I commute down to NYC daily.

To get there I am working on increasing my income and reducing my daily living expenses.I had a massive personal budget overhaul about a year ago and reduced my expenses as much as I could, all expenses are planned and budgeted and I know exactly how much cashflow I have each month if there are no unexpected expenses.Part of that is I am focusing on flipping/wholesaling property to build more capital and then use it to buy more rentals as well and focusing on increasing my J.O.B. income until I can do REI full time.I think either route can work, buying only rentals may be a little slower at first but if the equity and cash flow are managed well it can increase more and more.

Appreciation does not pay the bills or put food on the table.

If you are too stressed with work on a daily basis where you want to enjoy your weekend, go for rentals, if you have time to visit a property before / after work and do some on the weekends to make more money, go flip.

You want a product as food or better than the homes you are using as comparables.Without seeing your project I'd be very tempted to gut the exterior walls at least so I could insulate.

Necessary Cleaning to get unit back to move in condition, all at a rate of $18.00/hour: Remove cat food from carport, attracts rodents Total Cleaning Cost: $9.00Total amount to get unit back to move in condition: a.

I've been selling commercial full time for almost a year and am struggling getting off the ground - I am building a solid database (from 0) of industry professionals (buyers/sellers/brokers/wholesalers etc), doing lead gen daily, and finding quite a few pocket listings.