I want the potential tenant but want to pay the realtor that's adding little to no value as little as possible.Thanks,Long time BG fan...

Personally, my answers would vary depending on the location.Regarding your questions:Personally, I'm not a huge fan of buying condos as investment properties around here.

I am a huge fan of  Medium these days.

Theres no other ways at all because i'm not the biggest fan of guess work

Not a huge fan of partnerships, but if I were to go into one on a specific property, I'd probably buy as TIC with a JV agreememt.Glad to have you!

I'm a big fan of the "Rich Dad Education" format of having multiple Corps and LLC's to mitigate exposure.Personally, I buy in a LLC and manage it with the S-Corp.  

I am a big fan of this area, however I have only been here for a year and am PCSing to Cannon AFB, NM at the end of next month.

Actually, I am not a big fan of online estimates, that report a properties value, but according to one most people use, the property is only valued @ $76.6k and it looks like the realtor is boosting that he/she was only asking $45k.

It appears you wife's practice is captive so hopefully they are not charging a premium to purchase the space.

Another important aspect is that taxes are not as favourable here as they are in the states (property tax as an example) so those are a couple reasons Im not a huge fan of rentals in these markets.