@Anthony Pace - From a commercial lender perspective Anthony I would suggest the following things to consider, if you will need financing:1. 

Solid middle class markets, less risky.

The truth is usually somewhere in the middle and if the Listing agent did thier job well then hopefully the asking price is reasonable.

3) The make-ready on a 1600 sq.ft middle class SF is much more expensive than a 1000 sq.ft apartment.

@Anthony Pace One thing that's different in commercial vs. residential is that often you don't rehab commercial before you have a tenant.

They're not doing so hot, and many of the out of state investors come in breathing fire and run out in the middle of the night white as a sheet and in quivering fear someone will hear about the shaved Steel City orangutan they woke up next to.

Dave Ramsey offers good solid advise for the average middle class slob who can’t control himself but his approach is so conservative in this day and age that you won’t make much for fear of risk and you will save till your dead using his methods . 

It was the middle of april when i presented the notice so they were informed to be out by the end of May. 

If you want to meet up over coffee or something sometime maybe in the middle somewhere, I'm all for it.

One of the biggest problems I see for beginners on this site is they read about some story about a guy buying some property in the middle of nowhere for 70% of what it was worth and think they'll be able to go into a super hot seller's market like those found in California or Arizona and get the same deal.