To clarify though, when you say "diving" into commercial real estate, are you referring to a career path or as an investor?

But, as others have said, cash flow in this environment is tough and for new investors, they can be baited into cash flow now which means more difficult tenants, lower C to D areas, and expectant capital expenditures.

The better the ltv they're lending on, the better their terms.In order to do it yourself and assuming its your first new construction deal, your most difficult obstacle might be finding a lender that will do first time investor/construction. 

We will be structuring our deals as  506c meaning only accredited investors can partner with us. I mainly  focus on properties with Add value potential in Tulsa Ok. The city is growing fast and many companies are comi...

Evan - I am at the same point in my career/journey, and moving to the DFW area in September.Would love to go to a few meetups with you and work collaboratively on building a strong network, learning the market, and preparing to investment in a first property. 

Re-habing a house from scratch is very difficult, we are doing it by ourselves which is even more difficult but enjoying the process and learning.

Makes the cashflow difficult at times, but so far I am making it work.I'd say, if you can still make it work there, keep doing it until it doesn't.

I almost wonder if this question is a plant of some sort just to gauge the types of responses it would generate, so I'll take the bait in the even that this is a bot or troll (full disclosure, my career is not in any way related to the success or failure of the RE market).

@Jordan D'Silva very difficult to anticipate/predict changes in national and local economies, politics, etc.Detroit has been on a 10 year run, that just seems to be getting better & better overall - but, there have been multiple potholes in the journey and there will be more.

Like anything worth doing, real estate is a difficult but worthwhile endeavor that requires a lot of discipline, time and a lot of savings when you are first starting out.