If you take that cash and try to buy units in the area, ask yourself what are they selling for?

Flip the thinking.......How much equity do you have?  

Or you could end up spending more time than just doing the work yourself. 

Depending on the type of commercial you want to get into my suggestion is to go work for a company that does commercial real estate as learning from people who do it and getting paid at the same time is not a bad strategy 

If they have any of it, they have all of it. 

I figured DC would be a great area to invest in because it attracts tons of young professionals.

Do you own any investment properties?

If I were to invest into one that was grandfathered in, would I have to convert it to a MTR?

It is very easy to save money working in public accounting.I forgot what my dinner allowance was working at the big four 5 years ago in a major city(I think it was like $20?)

Only one tenant smokes and it fills the other units quickly.