Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

Good luck with whatever you decide! 

People even break leases all the time.The lady could decide to manage her self, she could get hit by a bus and her Heirs realize the STR person is making too much money off their property.

Once you decide which type of exchange you want to do, you could then narrow down your product / company. 

And what you've also seen is people that were renting 3 bedroom cabins are now deciding they can get by with the smaller one and two bedroom cabins. 

Finally decided to pull the trigger! 

It's up to you to decide what "Hard" you are going to choose. yes I definitely see that I'm going to have to make some difficult decisions, just not sure what I'm willing to sacrifice.

So ultimately we decided to suck it up and not take on the additional equity, which ultimately required us to take more time on completing the needed rehab, however in hindsight it was a good decision, because even just among our own family there's been lots of dispute on what we want for the business plan and personal STR useage....

I've actually looked into this and am deciding to either take this route or put 20% down on a duplex to rent out both units instead because I plan to partner up with my uncle.

The data shows that guests usually look at only the first few before deciding to investigate further, so I’d narrow it down to your BEST 40 or 50.