This is is the path he will likely take to limit exposure.

I wonder what a full week or market exposure could have brought?

Do apartments, but have a couple of clients that own strip malls.First, any type of property can get overbuilt, however, both guys are happy because:1) High traffic count and street egress and parking (kinda tough getting all of that in one place)2) Site exposure - You want ALL the storefronts facing the street and NOT a mall that is perpendicular (ie the short end) facing the street3) Get a good anchor (like major cell phone guys) that bring a lot of traffic to the mini-mart since they're there already4) Try to avoid some businesses like small specialty groceries by first-timers that stop paying rent after 3 months since they have no clue on how to run a store.

We are working on remodeling a 1940’s kitchen. Today we took down all cabinets and ripped up the vinyl flooring. When we got home, I suddenly had a panic that we were exposed to asbestos. The flooring had a white pape...

> What are you doing to stay diversified,As you say - diversification with real estate and financial assets within financial assets: stocks and bonds (though at these rates I prefer money market fund) and further within financial assets some global stocks (though there are reasonable arguments to be made for USA S&P 500 having lots of international exposure).also within real estate diversify - I am looking at a 2nd location in a different sate (I am uncomfortable with how much of my assets are in real estate in 1 geographic location). 

The first pillar is a good insurance policy as that cover the majority of your exposure.

When I list homes for rent I start with getting them in the MLS and that feeds to most sites like trulia and Zillow but I want max exposure for them so I make sure they get on Craigslist and several other sites that don’t pull from the MLS.

Use less leverage (55 - 65%)This will make sure you gain the exposure to real estate you are looking for, are not over extended and will have put in the up front work while building the knowledge necessary to complete your first transaction without losing your shirt.

Risk, spread out across a larger pool lowers risk exposure from any 1 within the pool.

I'm going to put some of these research methods to use and attend some auctions to get some exposure.