I think 3 free articles a month or some restriction.Steve Brown the real estate writer for Dallas Morning News is awesome...https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estateYou might also check out http://www.ntreis.net/ for statisics.https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/articles/tierra-gran...  

If he/she had framed expectations properly going in, uncovered and disclosed the lien like they should have, and understood all the options available such as the prepaid lease buyout option for $15k (which the writer admits she would have readily agreed to), it would have been a non issue.

I won't "win" the blog as the most popular author with some of this, but I do think it's more in tune with what I want to project as a writer, and more helpful to the audience I'm writing to - the full time worker starting with a median to upper-middle-class income, who wants to set a solid financial foundation, spend less than they earn, invest aggressively in stocks and real estate, and over the course of 5-10 years build a position of financial stability that gives them big options in life, investing, and entrepreneurship. 

Some conventional loan can close within 2 weeks if their under writer stay on top of it

For a few reasons- so you aren't trusting just one source, so you can pull more information that might not all be located in one place, so you can see what information makes more sense to you, and then like others said, so you can get information specific to the market or strategy you are pursuing.Not to be a Nancy Naysayer, and especially since I have been one of BiggerPockets writers and on here for several years, but the other reality is that there are no real checks and balances on this website.

So I glad i took the plunged and hope to be of value to some readers on here.But let me know if anyone need anything, will glad to be a good resource and networking and I apologize before hand if i mistyped/misspelled or grammar error, i m a horrible writer,  this is first type and post..lol. 

You sound like me, I am a writer and editor online but also do a lot of real estate investing these days. 

NA Cummins Each direct writer (State Farm, All State, American Family, etc) are picky when it comes to getting into the commercial space. 

However, the mantra among writers (of which I am one), is "write what you know."

I'm a freelance writer so as long as I bring my laptop with me, I can practically live next to these units and get experience working on them, dealing with tenants, etc.