If the spread is large enough it might be worth exploring.  

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Hello My BP peeps, when I heard and started using BiggerPockets I did not have any knowledge of the real estate business on how its diverse in different ways to make money..By reading and exploring this site, BiggerPockets has given me insight on lnformation that if I look some where else, my process would of took longer to gain.

Have you explored seller financing?

I'm interested in exploring the options for the seller and what options I may have I would consider something like this.

Like I said, we will need a space for this Brewery and I'd like to explore marketing campaigns similar to what I do in the residential arena.

I actually explored that at various points during college.

However, the only "deals" in the NJ area seem to be in Newark, Irvington, Paterson or other areas we'd rather not live.Towns with great schools and a great neighborhood are have very few multi-families available and the few we've looked at are negative cashflow due to high purchase price and property taxes.We've talked to our realtor about REOs and short sales but so far he hasn't found us anything.We've explored cheaper towns bordering high crime areas and although we can find houses in the $200-300k range, taxes and lower rent prices make these properties barely positive.

If that's your motivation in getting your license its not worth the time or money.I would always reach out to traditional methods of financing before exploring non traditional methods as your interest rates will be lower.

I'm just starting to explore the RE world, and want to get into flips and eventually buy and hold rentals.adrian