I feel with this I have some power to influence those who look up to me.Saying I tell myself are "if I see it its my responsabilty; My ability to Respond"Not to say I have to do something about it however, I have the Ability to Respond if I recognize it as my duty.I feel it is my duty to Mentor the new apprentices that are coming in because their clueless just like I was and its the people they work with that break them down or build them up and I want to build them up and build other people up.Back to the training: What I really apprechiated was is talked about how to lead and not manageYou can manage a business but its not efficient to be someone.

For me the interest in commercial real estate is about diversification, I would like to understand more about both commercial and residential and how they influence each other as well as have both in my portfolio.

Your SOI (sphere of influence) won't be much help for purchasing for a while, but let them know you can help them with rentals so when they think of real estate they think of you.

I'd watch out for liability in dealing with all investors, particularly ones who are elderly, unsophisticated, (or may appear to be) otherwise under undue influence from someone or something else, etc.

The first step the brokerage I work for had me do was to send a letter to my "Circle of Influence".

I can honestly say I do not own any real estate books...however, I own and have read many books that I consider helpful to my investing and business practices:1) How to Win Friends and Influence People2) The Millionaire MindVarious macro economics books (which I have been recently reading), various investing books such as "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.

So, what the money is coming out of will influence where it can go.

The borrower cannot suffer from any duress, unconscionable advantage, undue influence or grossly inadequate consideration from the lender.  

There is a lot of information about this in How to Win Friends and Influence People, as well as Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene.

Dubai is not exactly a free market when it comes to the government's direct influence in the building sector.