The old White Flint Mall stomping grounds will probably be the same, once their century long pissing match with Lord & Taylor is figured out for good.As I said in another post (and some got butthurt cause it’s the truth) Bethesda’s golden years for retail investment purposes are gone for the most part.The opportunities will probably be more towards Silver Spring, Bowie, etc.

But, are there truly ANY Golden Rules in REI?

The inner city is toxic and Lee-Ann Avalos is golden,got it!

Occasionally you'll run into one that continues to appreciate like a goose laying golden equity eggs.

I am trying to dive into real estate investing and believe creating a mailing list and searching for current lackadaisical landlords on Craigslist might be the golden ticket.  

Mine is golden.

They are killing the Goose that lays their golden eggs so I’m looking at investing in more rural and suburban areas, where my renters can feel safer and more in control of their own lives.

@Ronald Starusnak @Kyle Boughton @James Golden  @Tim Johnson

Please keep posting more "best practices"- this is golden.

@George Adams  you would be a great borrower for any lender .. i would break out lender vetting process for commercial deals as below 1) Borrower's credit worthiness - Check for you2) Borrower's over all cash flow out side subject property to cover notes if needed3) Cash flow and projection for subject property (heaviest weight) 4) Willingness for lender to loan into property category (i.e. some lender will not lend for multi families etc) Once you find a lender who is loaning for you target property then you should be golden.