I found out pretty quick my skills from years of running LTR didn't translate to STR and had to learn a whole new set of skills (some of which I already had from a career working with the public).  

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.

This is why I love real estate.

Quote from @Torrean Edwards: Early in my investing career, I had some success, but then the crash happened.

First, in my opinion, being a real estate agent, you're either in it full-time or don't do it at all.

I moved many times during my Navy career to markets all over the US and even Toronto.

After high school, I pursued a career in the military, where I proudly served for seven years.

I am currently serving in the United States Air Force, so as a military member, I will be moving around during my career. 

Originally posted by @Nick McCandless:I am looking to begin with my real estate investing career and have $150k in cash ready and available to begin investing.

Quote from @Martin Jones: Hello, I'm young individual who is interested in long term buy and hold multifamily real estate.