As others have suggested, keep researching, reading, and even meet up with someone you know (friend or family member) that invests to see if they will let you shadow them through a deal or two. 

A lot of times even if you can get the smell out it will leave permanent dark spots so you'll need to use a dark stain instead of natural wood.

Hello,  I am new to REI but have been lingering and learning for sometime in the shadows.

After giving Alan Kirkham 5 months to right this wrong and come up with a fair resolution, we have been left in the dark with no set plans or expectations and no true point of contact, which is why we have decided to share our experience here.

I am curious on the color shadow hickory.

I hate dark bathrooms and using a light in the middle of the day. 

After giving Alan Kirkham 5 months to right this wrong and come up with a fair resolution, we have been left in the dark with no set plans or expectations and no true point of contact, which is why we have decided to share our experience here.

After giving Alan Kirkham 5 months to right this wrong and come up with a fair resolution, we have been left in the dark with no set plans or expectations and no true point of contact, which is why we have decided to share our experience here.This whole experience was a huge disappointment, waste of money and time!

These are also great, but are generally going to be on the other end of the affordability spectrum from the above, and the rents/incomes reflect that.Regardless even if the restaurant goes dark, there are a couple good things to owning a restaurant building.1) single tenant free standing building are the top of what retail tenants are looking for. 

So, these smart-*** investors gave me a good "kick in the butt" - and I started investing my time on weekends, in the evenings, when there were no outside orders.By December 2019, the house was 80% complete, we moved in in May 2020, and I kept improving it until February 2021, when the kids got the second floor as their bedrooms and the basement as a gym for their workouts.The "dark side" of this process of living is here.