Mixed-use properties that integrate residential units, co-working spaces, and retail areas with sustainable design elements are particularly appealing.

@Jenna SchulzeAs a newbie investor with limited capital, I’d invest close to home.Invest in areas you know well.I’ve been in the RE industry since 1978 and people always ask me:What’s the best market to invest in?

Since you're so close to Loyola and not too far from Northwestern, I imagine you might have a pool of people who need temporary furnished housing while they study, do a medical rotation, or travel in the medical industry.

@Jordan Kaylor @Jeanette Land    Seasoning requirement is a industry term for waiting period.

Anyone can go to any website of any big box retailer and see how unusual that is.

Dont go to the regular retail realtor who only deals with FHA or conventional mortgages like 80%+ of the people.

Credit Karma uses a Vantage scoring model (which we do not use in the mortgage industry), but the trend will be the same as mortgage scores. 

I was building a new laundromat in the best retail area of our town when our job site got its tools and copper robbed for the second time.

That is going to be the best way to meet others in the industry from that market. 

My question is, If one is to be strictly commission based, Is finding a broker with mortgage industry similar to finding a broker with real estate?