I plan on attending the Fort Bend auction this coming Tuesday just to meet some people ask some questions and find out who some of the real players are in this area.Just curios, how has your auction activities gone since this posting? 

I am sure that this topic has been covered to death, but I also know that technology changes so quickly that what worked best a year ago could be replaced by a new player in the space.   

Big projects from multiple big players are on hold now back-to-back instantly in the month of May/June.

It may not be the most up to date, but unless you're updating your books every day this won't hurt you too bad :) What is great about Quickbooks is that it's such a big player in the mobile accounting/business field that it will sync with other apps in the event that your business needs to scale without adding headaches.

Best case scenario is 0.6 to 0.8% in most deals.  1% rule will work for C/D neighborhoods here.  

And, go get a real estate license and get the professional designation that makes you a player.  

I'm purchasing a small commercial property (closing keeps getting pushed back) but as far as larger commercial I'm simply waiting as I can get more from a CD than I can from a lot of commercial cap rates at current time. 

Personally, we've only had one tenant not able to pay rent, 3 months into covid.As far as finding deals, there are going to be established players in any market.

But i was wondering if its good idea to park my liquid cash in equity instead of considering other conservative methods like CD, index finds, savings account. i know i will miss out on writing off the mortgage interest as part of depreciation. but i wanted to look at it as investing my money in some "safe" stocks which pays me dividends (rental income).

Except for a bank CD, nothing is passive.