Connect with other members too esp in your target area to learn from their success stories and experiences and possible partnership.

Partnership Owner and Manager of a multi-million dollar commercial warehouse with a tenant transitioning to not for profit status. 

If so, any transfer will likely trigger the due-on-sale clause.If it's owned free-and-clear, the question becomes taxes.

File for a llc or a partnership? 

In that case, although it was vacant at the time of loss, it was not vacant long enough to trigger the clause reducing coverage.

I'm grateful for the partnership I had with RareBird to make this deal work. 

I’m going to be entering a partnership so an all cash purchase may be possible, especially in the market we are going to be entering.

I assume not everyone who expresses interest in the idea of investing in real estate will actually pull the trigger when it comes time to write a check.Thank you in advance for your advice and experience!

First- Time Deal Lessons:Power of partnerships, relationships are everything.

I agree with what everyone has said so far, but I want to add something from your original post:You said you don't currently know anybody who you can partner with, but this doesn't mean you should neglect partnerships for your first deal.