I'm going to do my best to be patient but with trends making prices go up and my savings losing money due to inflation, it's difficult to see money burn.

There is a wood burning fireplace in each unit, but after having them inspected, neither are safe to use and need a total of about $1,500 to bring them up to code.

Throughout my analysis, I quickly learned that lack of due diligence can burn you much more quickly with commercial real estate, especially a hotel, compared to residential investment property.I found a partner in one of my good old friends from my days in Navy training.

& the small landlords get seriously burned, I got stories for days.

A friend of mine bought a duplex in San Pedro & inherited a tenant that burned him for 10 months rent during Covid.

Here are some interesting recent stories from the D.C. real estate world and beyond.A flipping dip in D.C.News from my neighborhood: The 6 Project Residential Pipeline Around DC’s Starburst Intersection 9 (that Safeway needs a serious update ;-) and Gallaudet’s Big Plans, 16 Acres Off New York Ave: The Residential Pipeline From Trinidad to Ivy City293-Unit Development With Arts-Wrapped Garage at West Hyattsville Metro Gets Key ApprovalThe 10 DC-Area Neighborhoods Where Homes Sold Fastest in 2021Metro Board Changes White Flint Station Name To North BethesdaKeep up with issues specific to the region with @Russell Brazil and Jack Seidens' DC Real Estate Podcast and the latest sales trends with @Cassidy Burns ' DMV Weekly Market Update.

Otherwise you may get burned on investing with little to no money going in your pocket.  

My offer of $335k was recently accepted on a house that needs to be renovated and I am now in the option period. It’s in east Austin, 3bed 1.5bath. Houses in this neighborhood that are renovated go for around $450k.
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There is one specific thing that you could theoretically be able to offer to a partnership, but I don't want you get burned.

Many newbies dive in head first with like a 40-60K rehab and get burned when the cost overruns or contractor walks away.