Crowdfunding makes real estate easily accessible, however, in regard to institutional real estate investments, the advice of an expert who works in the industry every day, knows all the players and their track records, and performs due diligence on each offering is a great benefit to you and comes to you at no cost.

Since we have such a great infrastructure system our better cash following rental markets are more out in the suburbs.If you are looking for a good 10,000-foot view of the city I do a market update for the only national reia sponsored reia in the city.

Or did you have your own institution lined up for that?

In fact according to this site, they are at 1.3% which is considerably lower than the national average of about 5%.

I was hoping to get some direction on the best way to obtain financing that would: Increase the likelihood of getting approval ( recent grad however I make a decent income) , wont ding my credit too much (I would ideally try more than one institution to get the best deal).Some things I am considering:1. 

15 states and DC reach new price highs2017 forecast prices to rise 4.7%http://www.corelogic.com/about-us/researchtrends/corelogic-home-price-insights.aspx?WT.mc_id=crlg_170207_qWo2F#%20

As interest rates increase to a more normal level and institutional investors leave the market, cap rates could pop up and return to a more normal level.  

I guess it may depend on the lending institution.

Look for a LOCAL (not a national) business bank or lender - - they actually need your business. 

This shows what type of tenant might be ideal for the space and if they are national, strong regional,or mom and pop in nature.What type of tenant determines structure and negotiation of the lease with tenant improvement credits,etc.I would not mess around with some cheap generic lease bought from Office Depot.