So I could just keep things going along at the pace they went.

Every submarket/micromarket is so unique, it's hard to know what your's can support when it comes to retail, and what it would be like to deal with those types of tenants, especially small business owners who may operate on a razor thin margin, like most food/coffee businesses do. 

Hi there, I am very new to bigger pockets and I am an aspiring investor looking for some insight into our current situation. We currently live in an older home (1920s) that we purchased in December of 2018. We have tw...

Since I was retailing, I always had them sanded and I've never had a floor that didn't look great afterwards. 

I'm not going to mess with notes, commercial/retail properties, ground up development, lease options, etc etc.

This is my current budget and I want to know if a list of 6000 foreclosures would be enough to get me my first deal ya know if you were a commercial or even a retail RE agent that amount of work would have landed you a listing or two and that's a career you could build on. if your willing to make the calls you can make bank in as a commercial broker far more than you ever will trying to hit such a small market IE fsbo distressed asset purchases..  

I see a few options and would like some opinions.1) Pay retail for something that will be a good long term investment (at least breakeven on cashflow).2) Find something that has a quirk and has been sitting on the MLS for a while (and hope that the quirk isn't too big of a hinderance on my goals above).3) Attend meetups/network to see if I can find something that would fit that is 'off market'.

Right now the on-market deals are in the foreclosures and properties with extended days on market because of the lack of inventory and amount of competition with retail buyers otherwise. 

We are getting into more retail commercial locations.   

Until I got licensed as a realtor, I had no idea what I was missing out on regarding what retail buyers and tenants (who are a critical part of the buy-fix-sell and buy-hold systems) look for when looking for a home.I went and got licensed so I could sell a rehab I was working on.