Cities with continued population and job growth, aligned to the top cities that Yardi Matrix believes jobs are at most risk will be great places to look for commercial real estate at undervalue prices! 

I've accumulated so much information that it's insane how ready to go I am, just waiting for some stars to align in my personal situation to put my plan into action.

But to answer your question about real estate- my core of who I am aligns with the ability to give people an opportunity to call a place their own.

Define your role.Tell the World what you looking for and join forces with those in alignment to your goals/role.As mentioned, the more experience and credibility the easier to find a quality partner.

@Mathew DavisWe have done this before through syndications however; we always put money alongside our limited partners to have an alignment of interest.

I aligned my incentives with those of the owner.

Although financial markets and RE tend to be aligned, they are completely different, with RE being closer to the real economy than financial markets.

There are very few places that all of these align to make it a viable and lucrative cash flow investment, but it is possible.

Maybe this clearer (PC) description helps with publically aligning renters and LLs as two parts of a whole versus the almost always portrayed antagonistic relationship. 

In addition to multiple month long inquires I received asking for a discount beyond the 40% off monthly rate that had posted at time (no more), the stories aligned to the inquiry made no sense.