She had really dark hair, wore black.

I've known folks who were independently wealthy and intelligent to begin with, and wanted to pull their hair out after deciding to manage a flip.

Target size strip malls, or office space, or NNN, or Pads, or etc...Or are you talking about things like a stand alone building with a hair salon, or similar in it along side of a major road.[2] What can you afford to do Down-payment-wise, in an MMA maybe only a 7/11 strip mall, in a medium sized area maybe a larger bite of the chocolate bar than the 7/11 mall.[3] Do you want partners on deals, (same on all, different on some), must you have partners on deals (loan qualifications, personal weak spots, etc...)[4] How will you swing the bat at financing; do you qualify for the financing your deals will need, will you need others to help you qualify, do you now these people vs risking someone who will make your life miserable and you will hate working with (an unfortunate situation). [5] Do you want to work government handout money for fix up real estate, is there any that looks profitable right now.[6] How well do you know commercial real estate "Stuff"; such as can you identify a 400 amp service panel from an 800 amp service panel, can you identify an electrical transformer that you own from those owned by the utility, what is a plenum, does your building have them, what are those big red pipes with wheel handles on them, hidden behind the bushes (who do they belong to), how long does asphalt last in a commercial lot, and etc...Good Luck!

If there are existing leases, take some time to go through with a fine tooth comb and talk to the tenants about any other agreements or arrangements they may have.

Lots of cash flow, great returns, but the headaches and management will make you tear your hair out.Understand what you're getting into and you'll make plenty of money, demand is there in almost every single market.

The active rental loss is the equivalent of dropping 20-25 hours of your life, grey hairs, phone calls, worrying, decisions, stress, lost productivity, AND $50K over that same bridge.

Quote from @Muriel Hair: New at this need help. 

Hair under 5%. 3 points at closing.

Originally posted by Charles Perkins:Please don't let fear stop you from being the next Donald Trump :)My only fear of that is having to sport the same hair-do!

I do usually overestimate just a hair (5%) on the costs, to give myself some cushion.The only counterpoint is that some tenants may 'juggle' utilities with rent payment...