The one that's short term and don't cost me a lot to initiate/originate.

I’ve watched a lot of videos on how to screen and how to set up work with contractors, so I’m hopeful to build those relationships more in this area in the future.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

It is not very difficult or complicated to evaluate commercial real estate, there are plenty of good books available that can teach you how, textbooks, online courses, community college classes, even excellent youtube videos etc, and it is actually quite enjoyable in the process to learn.

A lot to think about. 

Its no different than a tiktok video on financial literacy gets not views but if its a person shaking their you know what or talking about spitting on something they become instantly famous...

A newbie offering you two cents. :-) Hope that helps mate. haha,Have you ever seen the video with the kangaroo getting punched by the farmer?

@Chan Park this can all be handled via phone, pics, preferably narrated video - you shouldn't need to go and see it yourself.

You can hire a home inspector who does report + videos.

The document is pretty explicit with contingencies should anything go sideways along the way though so this helped a lot to keep everyone on task. we've built rapport at this point since we've been in constant communication from when we started but in the beginning, it was a lot of trust in the document.

A lot to take in with the Cincinnati market.