I'm beginning to think the folks who can make it in niche small scale commercial RE here are having to be very creative to come up with space or having to rezone or get variances.

Hey BP

So I want to start real estate investing but am unsure of which, in any, business entity I should utilize at this point. I intend to buy between one and four properties that may or may not be in the cu...

In places like Orange County, LA, San Diego and San Francisco you have to get pretty creative to find positive cash flow without a huge down payment.In other parts of the state it is a lot easier.

Don't you have to incorporate that into the plan?

Google search CSA Creative Success Alliance.

But either way, it's going to require me to be a little bit creative.

Creative ways to finance is my main focus at this point.

Has anyone done anything creative to cover cinder block walls on the interior?

I had such a good residual income coming in during the middle 80's because I got creative and made deals. work..99% of agents would say hey I need to be paid at closing I cant take commission over time, Me I just banked these to the point were my residual income was ridiculous..

IMHO the books/seminars actually give too much info - most of us don't need to know 300 creative real estate strategies when starting out, just results in analysis paralysis.