Just spending a few minutes on here has transformed my perception of real estate investing from something that scared the hell out of me into something that I am so eager to learn more about.I'll try not to quote too much from my profile, but having just written out all that info, it's hard to be creative again in such a short time, I never was much of a writer anyway.

West Asheville has gone through a huge transformation as you know, and I believe it is positioned for another wave of growth based on recent activity in that market.

I remember one street where an investor bought every house and did a dramatic transformation.

You also need to check with the utility companies and get cost estimates from them for availability, fees, hookup charges, transformer and power line/power pole locations or relocation requirements, water, sewer,gas, cable etcYou will need ball park cost estimates from site work contractors for site work, roads, installation of utility lines etc.

New here at Bigger Pockets. Lifelong interest in land use and development. Georgia is my 14th residential state in my 58 years. What impact is the change, globally, in supply chain services, on commercial + industrial...

Target size strip malls, or office space, or NNN, or Pads, or etc...Or are you talking about things like a stand alone building with a hair salon, or similar in it along side of a major road.[2] What can you afford to do Down-payment-wise, in an MMA maybe only a 7/11 strip mall, in a medium sized area maybe a larger bite of the chocolate bar than the 7/11 mall.[3] Do you want partners on deals, (same on all, different on some), must you have partners on deals (loan qualifications, personal weak spots, etc...)[4] How will you swing the bat at financing; do you qualify for the financing your deals will need, will you need others to help you qualify, do you now these people vs risking someone who will make your life miserable and you will hate working with (an unfortunate situation). [5] Do you want to work government handout money for fix up real estate, is there any that looks profitable right now.[6] How well do you know commercial real estate "Stuff"; such as can you identify a 400 amp service panel from an 800 amp service panel, can you identify an electrical transformer that you own from those owned by the utility, what is a plenum, does your building have them, what are those big red pipes with wheel handles on them, hidden behind the bushes (who do they belong to), how long does asphalt last in a commercial lot, and etc...Good Luck!

The floorplan was arranged in a way that some non-load bearing walls could easily be removed, some new walls framed, and with about $40k, the house would be transformed from an un-appealing 2/1 that would lose $300/mo as a rental into a very appealing 4/2 that would cashflow about $500/mo (incl. the debt service for the rehab)...

Full gut & transformed an enclosed garage to a 4th bedroom (because it was more important in this neighborhood have more bedrooms than have a garage).

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Hi Nathan,We already connected on this but I thought I would reiterate it here - Trenton is a good place to invest - the ratios are great and some changes are on the way to transform the city.Matt