.• location - I'm a believer that if you want quality tenants, location should be priority I.e (good school districts, low crime, middle to high income families, access to shopping centers and freeways, etc..)• Quality - To start off make sure to buy a property that is not going to require major repairs.

Even if you're new chime in, just let us know what stage you're in on getting things done. 

The blue pins are the 17 major Walmart closures in the continental US (A couple doubled up, sorry) I promise they are all on there, just most of them are covered up by the green pins that are the majority of the Amazon fulfillment centers.

Here are a few before and after pics from the flip....A link to the final pics from staging and marketing:http://tfv.co/dp1459760

In every instance though trust, honesty, and non-judgement are at the center.

At the stage of my life i have 100% passion, drive and initiative to make REI my full time "job"...I'm all in! 

I'm a general contractor who's also interested in real estate investing but I'm mostly preoccupied with getting my own contracting business off the ground so if you want a licensed contractor to ride shot gun with you when you get to the due diligence stage I'll help you out with home inspections totally free of charge for in property in Winter Garden.  

I have used Note Servicing Center in Chowchilla, CA for the past six years and they are great.  

I don't really have any idea about how commercial properties work but I'd imagine doing an analysis with a much lower asking price would be interesting to see (and only take a few seconds).Also - as someone who recently graduated from a university in Philly, I think 2 miles is a VERY long way from a college but it depends what college.  2 miles from any of the center city schools is not really student housing anymore (UPenn, Drexel, Temple).

Reviewing people's deals should not be an upfront profit center because it's another source of deal flow.