A text message may or may not qualify and most people would issue a notice like this with certified mail so they can show it was sent. 4.

I certainly don't want to knock how people advertise or get business...but getting a recommendation from someone who has already vetted that lender helps out considerably. 

There is going to be a lot of information presented by a lot of people.  

I’ve heard of numerous people raising “opportunity funds” to take advantage of what they call the “fire sale pricing” that will soon be here.I agree that there are more distressed sellers than in the past, and we have seen pricing become a little more reasonable than it was in 2022.

Might want to consider being a passive investor on a Self Storage deal to see what kind of numbers and gain some first hand insight on how experienced investors are adding value to facilities. 

I have heard people on these forums talk about using the Nest thermostat to set a maximum low + high temperature, to keep guests from blasting the a/c or accidentally bumping the heat up to 98. 

When I searched the BP Forums for "commercial valuation" and "commercial value-add" I saw some information about people finding deals where the seller wanted to sell a commercial property for when it was "Stabilized" - but this seems slightly different than making improvements that go beyond filling vacancies.Obviously I have far less experience than Brandon Turner!

Sometimes you just find people who don’t understand even the basics. 

@Daniel Dahan sometimes if you complete your profile, people on this platform will tend to take you more seriously.

I made most of my mistakes in the first handful of deals I did because "I didn't know what I didn't know".