I’ve also been reading/listening to BP and reading through some of the threads on here.With all that learning and scouring of listings, I’m feeling kind of lost in the Utah market.

Would like to do something like this in L.A , but now even duplexes are priced at like $500,000 maybe on the low end with rent control tenants, it's kind of funny to see these being marketed as 'great investment property' when one would be losing a bunch of money by buying it.

Technically, isn't general life kind of a pyramid scheme in itself?

What kind of play is recommended for someone who has owned and managed, but is new to the world of portfolio building?

I'm not a flipper (yet) I'm a buy/hold rental kind of guy.Best of luck!

One question I have is does a seller financed sale typically require any kind of a down payment? 

Then when I purchase them from the tax sale (because the company never pays the taxes) I have the owner calling me all upset because I sent them a $10k redemption bill & damn near have a come apart on the phone once I send them pictures of their cashflowing investment property that was trash.It just feels like some kind of fraud is happening......Not that I care.

Tenant Improvement Allowance (TIA) which can be $10-$30/foot upon signing a lease, brokers fees another 6%, a failed business goes bankrupt and leaves you vacant and after 6 months you find a tenant but guess what, there's more TIA and more brokers fees.I kind of see commercial properties as a giant furnace of money.

I kindly request you to please clarify this definition in simple terms.I don't know how else to explain it, it is there in plain English...and the thread is 2 years old.... 

I don’t know what kind of land I’m looking at.By the way, this doesn’t mean my perspective is correct.