I’m interested in how everyone has handled growing there portfolio and outsourcing to 3rd party management, self management, or creating a team centered around your units.

Many people dont know but Houston is the home of the worlds largest medical center (Texas Medical Center) Add to that, that the cost of living for a large metropolis city is low in Houston compared to other top 5 largest cities.

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High hassle factor.I also usually do not like 2 level retail centers.

But my route is near the center of Manteca, lots of affordable housing. 

By commercial do you mean strip center with a flat rubber roof? 

I originally developed the retail center in 2004 and new owners wanted my participation.

There are city mains for water and sewer that run under my property to supply commercial businesses such as Sanderson Farms processing plant and a Walmart distribution center.

When you have a good idea of what is available in your market, how they are lending, their timelines - you can build a private lending business centered around those competitive advantages and ask for the rates you want (as long as they are within the limits of the usury laws for your state).

You'll get slaughtered on your time on retail tenants in a Class C center.