Therefore, if you know the area, what's a good retail price for these two homes: 323 Ashley Oaks Ln Lake Dallas701 Knollridge Dr Lewisville

Make sure they are motivated.Buyers - Find Wholesale, Retail, Owner Finance BuyersFinancing - Traditional, HML, Private IRA Lender, JV Cash Partner.COI - Center of Influence - People that can refer you sellers and buyers and lenders. 

Search Contract-For-Deed on BP, you'll see the issues, I'd  suggest you look up Subject-To as well, a better choice.It also helps if we define the type of "commercial" property we are talking about, multi-family is much different than office-warehouse or retail or industrial and each has unique requirements where having title may be more crucial in operations, such as regulatory compliance, zoning issues, construction matters and financing. :) 

If there is some benefit to going at a snail's pace I fail to see it! 

I got into real estate 4 years ago as an agent and worked hard to develop a solid retail based real estate business. 

The 2 year mortgage brokers are retail brokers.  

@Anja Wehrmann The main problem with paying full retail for turnkey properties is that there is no assured "exit strategy" that will result in profit to you.

That means I don't buy properties at or near full retail in hopes of appreciation. 

I think online is better than classroom...learn at your own pace and absorb more.Once you finish courses and pass the test, your broker you associate with is really where most of your knowledge will come from.

This is primarily driven by the high price points for retail properties in this market.