Hi @James DuganWelcome to Bigger Pockets!

@William Stephen UrenWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

Welcome to Bigger Pockets!

As we inflate to print payments, it makes the payments themselves BIGGER, making what we need to print to make payments even bigger, and round n round it goes. 

A couple months ago i was directed to the bigger pockets podcast by my twin brother Derek.

Areas of consideration:- Rehab to Rental- Flip to Public Market- Wholesale (If the deal comes with major equity and ROI incentives)If you are interested in joining the team, please respond below or connect with me through Bigger Pockets.Best regards,Drew Hantla

Or a bigger player like those. 

Welcome to Bigger Pockets David!

Welcome to Bigger Pockets!