THEN THERE IS THIS:During the Way of Renaissance Man podcast interview Mendenhall told host Woods that he came to real estate after an early career coaching college basement, a grueling vocation that he said left him feeling burnt out.....Mendenhall did his coaching at University of San Francisco according to this Biography on Rad's Website.

The early portion of my career was buying turnkey rentals, like the one you described. 

My overall goal for my professional career is to start an investment firm and own a big multifamily portfolio and get into development.

Overland Park, KS vs Kansas City, MO) Very landlord friendly, worst case eviction is usually 8 weeks + $500 + lost rent (cannot comment on individual cases and this is not legal advice) Large diverse metro area - variety of jobs, companies, people can have a career in KC.

Real estate serves as the foundation, generating the income needed to reinvest in initiatives that preserve cultural heritage, create jobs, and support community growth.Diversified Value CreationReal Estate Portfolio: Profits from rental income, property flips, and value-add projects fuel the system.Trade Development: Integrating businesses like plumbing companies creates a pipeline for stable, high-paying careers while addressing labor shortages.Cultural Growth: Revenue is reinvested into programs that promote education, workforce development, and cultural preservation.

Early in my career I worked on cattle ranches, then started doing farm and ranch loans for seven years, and now have been doing hard money lending and other real estate investing.

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.

I quit my corporate job in 2001 for a career in Real Estate Investing!  

Unless it's rapidly appreciating it doesn't sound like a suitable rental anyway if you have to come out of pocket that much. 

Most of it is just desert and not suitable for living or hunting.