Due diligence is the highlight of a transaction and when it done right, the closing happens naturally and it become very satisfying because you see the fruit of your labour.3.

@David Paez Hi David, you have probably seen that Lakeland, FL is a popular investment city these days, some of the reasons for this is that Polk County/Lakeland is ideally located centrally to Orlando and Tampa, we have many warehouses strategically located throughout Polk County, to include warehouses for Amazon, IKEA, RoomsToGo, PepsiCo and Publix which make this area strategic for distribution throughout Florida, something else worth mentioning Amazon is building one of their major Air Hubs at the Lakeland Airport, they will be taking over 47 acres to service their planes, not to mention Publix is headquartered in Lakeland, and we also have a large presence for Coca Cola bottling and Juices in Auburndale, FL which is about 10-20 min from Lakeland.Lakeland is also home to the yearly SUN 'n FUN held in April, which is Florida's largest annual convention, which spans over 6 days on 2200 acres, and it has been recorded to have had a $64 Million direct and indirect economic impact on the I-4 corridor (From Tampa to Orlando). https://www.flysnf.org/about/I have been investing since 2002, and my investments are mainly in Lakeland, Bartow, Auburndale and Winter Haven, I also like Lake Wales and Haines City, there is good population growth, and high demand for workers in these areas, of course keep in mind we are in a pretty descent economy right now, whatever you look at, make sure the numbers make sense, and if you purchase something, leave enough room for an economic downturn, I see many outside investors purchasing at higher than normal prices, because the prices seem cheap compared to other markets close to Lakeland, but this can become a trap if the market shifts in a negative direction.I would be glad to help you with your search

But for today in our market I call this pivoting.we pivoted to minimum debt from 3 to 5 years ago were we had max leverage and really juiced the IRR s still make plenty of profit cash wise.. but much safer if we have to hold for a period of time we are not forced into fire sales. 

Hi Andrew,Move on and be glad she's not your problem.More fish in the sea--Easier fruit to pick.Good Luck!

I quit my job several years ago and we live comfortably off my wife's income and still able to add to our savings but way slower now.Our current house is a great 3/2 built in 2005 but I updated it for with a koi pond,large paver patio, privacy fence,fruit trees, and other things making it a liability to rent so we want to sell it.

Get the low hanging fruit for free. 

The commercial side sounds potentially more fruitful but I feel I really need to take a smaller step first. 

Time to make some lemon juice with your lemon.

My job with my family's tree fruit business was not going well.

My recommendation is to look for things that fit the "80-20" rule, that will give you 80% of the results for 20% of the effort - a fancy way of saying hit the low hanging fruit first.