An equity position is much more desirable to an investor than providing a straight loan, especially on CRE.

Do you find that the simple fact of having a more involved application process helps deter less desirable tenants (or just deters overall interest)?

If I find the lease information, I will be able to determine which buildings are desirable.

When my firm interviews potential investors to work with, we explore concepts such as the desired passive/aggressive desire as an investor, what type of return they are seeking along with how long they want to be invested.

Bad Credit is easy to see on a credit report, and they won't be able to come up with the rents or deposits we charge, or they live in less desireable neighborhoods than we own in, and they rent from landlords with less restrictive guidlines, maybe the newby's that are afraid to be vacant so they rent to the first interested person.

He had never listed a house and had no desire to.

So for me it is in part an exit strategy – planning for the future in part – desire to be independent.My plan is to go to few local REIA meeting, meet with members and talk to them.

Couldn't some of them just have their contacts (buyers, bankers, lawyers, etc) already in place, & have no desire or need to join a club or go to meetings?

Our market is growing very fast, and although office is going to also face some headwinds, these properties are located in very high density, and desirable locations.

If Multifamily is your area of expertise I would recommend staying in that lane unless you have a desire to branch out.