I am hoping to learn from someone with experience in the industry and in turn help them out.

Finding the right brokerage is the other challenge you will have because the industry has changed.

What are the industry standard marketing and design tools people use to create marketing materials and OMs for commercial real estate?

If you go in and buy (1) 2x4, you pay retail price.

We know it’s super important to be proactive so it will work perfectly every time, and we are doing so to stay ahead of that.2) Related to printing smudges on postcards - this is an industry wide issue with the USPS’s high speed sorting machines that are used for barcoded mail.

Why would a borrower go to a retail bank and pay a premium rate when they can go to a mortgage broker that’s tied to wholesale lenders exclusively and save money on closing costs and interest rates? 

They have become industry leaders in conversations happening around the country!

In a solid market, with a high quality SFR, you can either flip as-is to another investor, or at the other end, upgrade to flip status and retail to an end buyer.At the end of the day, all investors have a short term and long term approach to their model.  

I left the industry to pursue a career in wholesale electrical sales and am now a project manager at Summit Electric Supply.

The insurance industry is changing rapidly across the board.