My apartment bldg has 6 units, so it's a commercial loan.

April is the only real low month.It's a funky place -- essentially a 5 room motel (originally built 1959) with a manager's unit (built 1984) tacked onto it. 

Most commercial lenders want a 680 credit score,  or they won't talk to a borrower.      

If we include investments in mortgage loans (trust deeds), real estate partnerships, REITs as well as direct property ownership, I’m at about 80%.  

It included 25 mobile homes, 60 self-storage units, and four commercial tenants.

Do you sell / buy real estate in Mexico personally? 

As for starting a business, are you looking to start a "real estate" business or "non-real estate" business?

As a Florida Real Estate Attorney and Investor, I have seen investors do their best networking with local groups.

Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?

@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.