Wholesalers will bear more fruit in that space. 

If you are looking to do rental arbitrage, targeting SFH or small multifamily may prove to be more fruitful as others have suggested.Is the apartment you are living in near entertainment and would the owner be open to letting you do short term rentals on one of the units?

  :)Have a wonderfully productive and fruitful day.  

Also, when I see an agent pressuring me to purchase an existing strip mall over purchase land, is that mainly because there is greater commission for agent? 

This combination of factors makes Columbus and its suburbs a compelling choice for real estate investors seeking a fruitful out-of-state investment opportunity. 

We are looking for Agents to partner with over the long haul, provided we are all a good fit with one another.

I have read the entire post & replies, indeed interesting and fruitful discussion.I have to say my opinion is very like @Cody L.The most important advantage you have when you invest in real estate is the leverage (and I am investing also in different segments such as stock market for example).You almost don't have any other investment segments in which you can leverage yourself, and use this "additional money" to increase your portfolio and income.And here is a thing I learned from one of the greatest investors I once meet - The idea in real estate investment is not to invest your 100% cash.

Does he want to leave the properties to someone or is he just doing what he has been doing for ages?

Utah is ground zero for back end fullfillment companies.. so this is not new or shocking to many of us in the KNOW.Just another guru selling rehash information promising the moon and drowning their clients in futures.Sorry this happened to you.. however the systemic problem I see is that folks for some reason think they can buy their way into the real estate business.. which simply can't happen.. and it really depends on your market if your trying to do this in CA.. then thats a tough one right there.. and the markets have shifted dramatically in the last 36 months so there just is not the amount of distressed inventory out there or low hanging fruit like there was 8 to 10 years ago.as stated above just let the public know on social media.

Ideally i'd like to partner up with a seasoned mentor living in Toronto for my first few deals but i'm a self learner so if that doesn't happen i'll soak up all the knowledge i can from BP and figure it out :)Hope to be making meaningful and fruitful connections on this site.Happy Friday!