I had factored in repairs, closing, no commission due to no real estate involved....What would be considered a better spread?

My colleague, Rich Exner, developed median home value maps for every city in Cuyahoga County.

Develop a standard that is written down so you can memorize it and share it with applicants.

Making the connections, meeting quality contacts, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT....are all a part of that.

I did that for MONTHS until I realized the only thing that would get me moving is a goal, a plan, and spending the time to develop it.

I am wanting to develop a commercial property.

I guess you could develop a second cleaner-helper-handyman as backup.There is an insurance coverage issue that I don't worry about because I have umbrella policy, but you might.

If you don't at least take this into account in your discussion and factor those in the seller will most likely totally blow off your offer as it would not seem well thought out and defensible.The other thing I would check on the tax assessed value is it one PID, sometimes they will split it into 2 PIDS, 1 house and 1 other land.Just thoughts.

I know it is common to use 10% as a vacancy factor when trying to model performance of an asset or a collection of assets.

You can check the zoning here (https://qagis.sanantonio.gov/pds/onestop/index.htm...) or call the City Dept. of Land Development (https://www.sanantonio.gov/DSD/Constructing/Land).