BUT it didn't deter me...... we have no $$$ of our own..... we buy/hold, my husband has a great job prospect, so I had to be patient.... as our rentals build equity, as he moved up in the world...we collect our property.some we made work...forced to rent our our primary that is in boston (cash cow now)live in flip in a new construction in military town (only one that sold quickly b/c it was neutral)commercial retail shop (complete shot in the dark, cheaper than SFR, and it was $$$ and management FREE!)

Shop around for insurance, every couple of years in fact.

I always look at crime stats within a 1 mile radius of the property and then what is around it like shopping, schools, churches and parks.

They have done one for shopping centers as well.IREM has a full range of reports for each food group (Office, Shopping, etc) for 200 sheckels each.

He put in something like 420/460 amp service, commercial specs, emergency generator the size of a VW bus in the work shop, over a hundred grand of commercial gadgets, phase generator, lightning system and electrical.

You should probably shop local lenders to the property. 3rd party fee needs to be clarified before you ask about the exclusive and up front fee.

However if you are talking larger projects like a 100+ unit building or a shopping center it is harder to get something substantially below market.

There isn't one person on the planet who is going to go shopping for a rehab home done by Turn Key Kick *** Eat Off the Floor Rehab Homes, LLC and pass on everything else until they get one of those babies into escrow.

If you don't like Stanley Steemer's price, then shop around, use coupons, find a cleaning contractor who's hungry for work.This is the time to find a creative solution that saves you money AND gets the job done right.

Those couldn't just up and leave too easily like private landlords could. ...Lots of those "large corporations" will require that the tenant prospect puts up the security deposit (and first month's rent) when they submit an application to rent - they do not want the applicants to be "shopping around" further while the application is pending, they want that applicant to be committed to their building.