You haven't really said what your goal is.If you have money to place without the headache then commercial triple net you can land 7 to 10% annually with mailbox money.If you only have 10k to your name and trying to hop off your first deal then be upfront with the commercial agent about your ability and resources to do a deal so nobodies time is wasted.Even if a seller ponders financing you they want skin in the game (personal guarantee,additional upfront escrow payments as reserves,cross collateralizing other properties you own,etc.)Otherwise a seller can sell off only to have the buyer run the complex further into the ground and take a bigger loss taking it back.If you take out with private money or hard money for a value add the property has to be dirt cheap because the debt service and points will eat up any return you have until you stabilize and refi out or sell.

Okay folks, I love the forum, long time lurker. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger and getting my first investment property, but I'm torn on how to go about this; condo or SFR in a hot rental neighborhood. This prop...

The whole "would I move my family here" notion is a good one to ponder regularly and not into the Trump Towers, but somewhere decent.   

And re: your earlier pondering...you're way ahead of the pack.  

I have pondered whether I like these types of properties because there are a lot in my area just like this.

We put in our lease that all renters must purchase atleast $300,000 in liability insurance so that way if they burn the house down for example; its on them.I guess the only reason I was even pondering the question is because my normal price of investors insurance (around $500-$600/yr for a $150,000 property) went up to $1700 as a quote for my newest property.

This is the email:Josh,Thanks for giving me a couple of days to ponder your offer.

We'll have to ponder the additional fines, that is a good idea for all of our agreements.Thanks!

So I've been pondering on a certain topic and want to make sure I understand it in its entirety.

Was just pondering this idea, which I think may be a real thing for myself and probably has been for you guys as well.When you buy a rentable place for B&H, that has the basic necessities but is overall older.