We had to move fast and initially decided to sell it, the relator who was helping us somehow convinced us we should make it a rental property......... and let her be our tenant (insert face palm here) so since we had no real estate experience and we were already moved away, we agreed.

Purchase and rehab properties will have a similar reduction, but as long as you have experience within the US, you should still be able to get some pretty good terms.

@Aubrey Eblin Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the Rent To Retirement Academy. 

Investment Info:

Office Space commercial investment investment.

100's of completed projects, JC Beal Construction is nearly 100 years in business, Beal Properties manages well over 2000 doors all throughout ...

I actually had come across your post below in the Events forum and thought to myself it would have been nice to attend that to see first hand a local flip and talk shop about the process.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1215682-chec...I am happy to hear that someone with your experience in the region feels that Westchester is a market with some potential.

I'm closing on a 74k sq ft (5 warehouses) Class B Industrial facility this week.  This is the largest Adaptive Reuse project that I've taken on.  Each of the 5 warehouses on this campus will require updates (construct...

Of course, my pleasure @Les Williams!

(been working and succeeding since 2008 or before, someone you have experience with, good returns, close to 5yr investment?)

I know this is probably quite rare, but if anyone has any experience in this, any advice will be appreciated.Thanks,Gene

Hi @Dawn Bertrand, I'm sorry that you feel this way about your experience as a resident of JWB.