Since commercial real estate is significantly more complicated than residential acquisitions, there is much more to investigate during your due diligence period.

To investigate market you just need Sale List of trends such as this:https://www.redfin.com/neighborhood/10958/CA/San-Jose/East-S... 

Thus, when the contractor comes asking for more funds FOR ANY & ALL REASONS THEY WILL PURPORT your bank will tell them they must 1st have all work done so far investigated by their own Construction Investigators and then proceed to determine how much and when any extra funds will be disbursed.

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.Welcome aboard and best of luck investing!

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

I have always been interested in self storage (no toilets, low turnover) but never investigated it fully.

1) Use a solid title company that won't insure everything 2) Buy only from legit and solid wholesalers / agents 3) If you can find out if the real seller still lives in the home that is helpful  -  get the story and try to do a little investigation yourself 4) Make sure the seller has a real and recent water bill - We can help you with that also so you don't get stuck with $2000 or more after closingI hope this helps you all because it is an amazing city to invest in.  

You may want to investigate areas right outside of the city if you are looking to have more.

When I investigated, someone else had gained access to it and created an ad campaign.

Everyone is going to be able to goggle the address as see what HUD had the property listed for and with a little investigation can find out approximately how much you bid for the property(Prior to closing)  For example, a property is on the market for $100,000 and you get it under contract for $80000 or so you could illustrate value by wholesaling it for $90000 and an investor might perceive that as a value