Centralize your back office / use remote employees / VA where appropriate to cut costs and improve service levels / responsiveness.  5.

When I'm by realtor offices the phone is ringing.

Hi Jessica, have you called his office to voice your concerns?

. ;-) There is nothing false wiih what @Henry Clark said.Commercial real estate is broad - Office space, self-storage, Farm, Data centers, residential properties above 4 units, etcIt can be true that one part of commercial real estate is suffering while others is thriving.

I’m a new investor but I’ve been an escrow officer for 18 years so not new to the industry.

As well as seasoned Banker/Loan officer that can run the proposed numbers to see where you need to be LTV/ARV and number wise.

Then call a few offices and ask if they have a realtor who works with investors. 

Only if things go very, very badly, and you are in the tiny fraction of loans that default do you... go back to where you are right now, having "purchased" (foreclosed) on a property for 65% to 70% of what you believe it's worth (otherwise, you wouldn't lend 65% to 70% LTV). 

Personal residence that has a 2,000 sft office, kitchen and lounge area ( for entertaining vendors, clients and prosepects).

In our world this is referred to as “Family Office Services”.