Without diving too deep into your situation, When I see you wanting to leverage other properties and borrow more money for the down payments, it make me wonder if you do not have a lot of cash on hand right now. 

When you get into commercial and retail you really have to have deep knowledge of the asset class and know what you are doing.

Hi Account Closed, do a self assessment to figure out what your areas of strength are and them match them to a specific real estate strategy and asset class and then go deep on that area.

I've been a BiggerPockets member for quite some time now, and have spent a good chunk of time lurking the forums and trying to gain as much knowledge as I can before I make the deep dive into real estate investing.

Thanks @Ron S. for the deep dive, I had no idea it was so complex.

How deep do you go or not go in gathering information?

Dived super deep into the research of how, why, when on REI through listening to podcasts, reading blogs, and now discovery this amazing community which I am super grateful to be apart of and hope to give as much back as possibly can be give in return.

If it isn't, and you don't have the paperwork, then you are in deep S**t.

But good for you on jumping into the deep end.

@Rosa LeporeNewer investor that has been digging deep and analyzing the Tampa, St.