You get the best returns in the worst area but trade that for the most headaches.  

Your partner could have a different set of skills and knowledge, assets (i.e. landlord experience, network/connections, equity, good credit, cash reserves), experience to bring to the table and make a deal happen vs. me tackling a deal alone.

Translation: those sellers were about to get re-traded at a lower price.Mom-and-pops need to get realistic (have been needing to for a while now), but as you said, buyers need to be ready.

If you haven't got the skills and the training in place you're not nimble you're just impulsive and panicked.

It’s really a case of specialization of skills and appropriate scale.

You can fix and refi to recapture on a portion of the money put down and roll into other assets or leverage your skills with others to target properties where maybe they can brings funds while you provide credit or ability to do the ground work.Originally posted by @Susan Ferris:Hi, We have purchased 2 rental properties in Illinois and have put 25% down on each.

@Nick Bowes I agree with @Ozzy Sirimsi I have properties with those numbers in my portfolio but they required quite a bit of work and specialized skill to acquire, rehab, and now manage.

My strategy for commercial is buy and hold and i know that i will have to put the work in to build up my skill set and i am willing to do the work

Your skill set is not going to be the same as everybody else's - if you are up against a seasoned contractor who has an army of discount accounts and instantly available tradesmen and women and a slew of loaded investors or bank accounts behind them then you are going to be in a weaker position but luckily there are lots of deals to be had so you get to move on and let them deal with the subsidence issue that nobody spotted because they didn't do their due diligence!

I trade options quite a bit and was wondering if any other Options guys/gals are doing anything with any Options trades right now.