I have not personally done that strategy as all my long term buy and holds were done with some other type of creative financing or conventional financing upon purchase, but I see nothing wrong with the strategy.The only possible curve ball you may need to watch out for is that the LLC that holds the note.

My goal is to learn, and keep moving the ball rolling, instead of just holding on to my money.

I can design and build a house from the ground up but this investing gig is a whole new ball of wax.

There have been many incidents were low ball comps have been used and it is said there is no equity and the investor turns around to sell it for significantly more.

I agree, loopnet.com is about the biggest and best commercial real estate site available.As for valuation of commercial, it's a completely differnet ball game than what you use for SFH's.

(Realtytrac and foreclosures.com are NOT realtime, you are behind the 8-ball with their service).2.

If the property has been rehabbed already, unless there is a tenant in who committed for the rental amount, any claim is a ball park only but at least that ball park (Due diligence required) can give you an estimate of what the property worth based on 1%, 2% or whatever formula you choose to evaluate that property.

Ball in your court.

Someone dropped the ball here.Getting on an airplane is the best way to do all of the above, but not required.

While inflation suggests rising property values, rising interest rates will offset, and I haven't got a crystal ball on which will prevail, but expect this sometime in Q2 of next year.It may be a buyers market today, but I think it's only going to be more so in the near future, as far as price goes, and it will be until inflation and interest rates start going up.