So when they underwrite a loan and the board votes it's about the borrower and the property package as well.Your loan in the commercial space is equivalent to buying a 20,000 house in residential.

is the equivalent of investing that money at that same interest rate.

That's a lot of cash. with hard money I only need 1.5mil in cash or equivalent equity investment and can round out the other 4.5 with hard money.

There is often much cheaper ways to get an equivalent or better education than is taught in colleges.

I believe my properties bring equivalent rents as those with basements because I provide well maintained homes for my tenants.

I guess this would be equivalent to someone having a tank under their front yard next to my property line...not much I could do about it???

Also, make sure you have cash(or equivalent) or the ability to get the money quickly.  

Account Closed It was a combination of replacing the equivalent of my corporate income for 1 year, having a good pipeline of potential deals, and realizing I was loosing opportunities because I wasn't able to focus on it full time.

Every commercial investment will be held in an LLC or equivalent corporate entity (usually multi-layered LLCs - holding shells owned by parent companies), but the banks will still require your personal guarantee on the loan docs.

Look for a 1031 equivalent.