To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Standard offer process.How did you finance this deal?

Examples could include:Partnering with other investors to share risk.Using seller financing or lease options.Leveraging creative rehab techniques to save on costs.Negotiating with contractors in a unique way to reduce expenses.I’d love to hear any stories, tips, or approaches that helped you pull off a deal others might have instantly passed on.

I have a potential private lender, but I need to determine if this is a viable investment opportunity and explore the best financing options 

I didn’t have the funds readily available due to other projects, but because of the trust we built, he offered me a seller financing deal, allowing me to purchase the property without putting my own cash down.

@Meena MallikFrom my experience, securing financing for commercial real estate involves understanding your options, such as conventional loans, commercial loans, private lenders, or partnerships.

All kinds of restrictions on selling, moving and financing. 

Because the owners of Licensing Experts pay ALL CASH, the closing usually occurs 3-6 weeks, which is very fast compared to traditionally financed commercial deals I've seen on Bigger Pockets.The whole thing hinges on their very clever technique of getting existing commercial retail tenants engaged, willing to move into their newly acquired properties who are coming up for a lease renewal or lease expiration, rather than marketing for new commercial tenants - which would take way too long.Licensing Experts is somewhat of a "front" for their Mentorship Platform, as they evidently have many of their own separate entities for which they use to actually purchase and close on their commercial properties assigned by their mentees. 

I can rebuild it through financing it or through using the proceeds from the rental I just sold that is currently marked for 1031 exchange.

This is going to be a combination of agents, financers, property managers, ect. who are going to do the day to day tasks of finding and managing the property for you.