The Sales Comparasion Approach should always be to provide support the the Income Approach due to the investment nature of the strip center.

While I'm happy to be here, naturally I don't know anyone in the industry.

The people who are willing to sell their house for pennies on the dollar are most of the time past the point of caring about the nature of the person helping them.

@Byron Kim okay, the additional context totally makes sense and sheds some light on your questions. 

In my opinion, Roth of any kind is especially attractive in light of the historically low tax rates today and the likely tax increases in the future to offset today's fiscal and monetary policy. 

. - 2 Bed - 1 Bath - Washer/Dryer - Dishwasher - Central ACThis was bought and needed to be brought up to date I added new carpet, paint, light and bathroom fixtures.

So lightly more out of pocket but we pay off the loan in 15 years.

Low flow plumbing fixtures, LED lighting, High efficiency Heating and cooling.

I am a newbie trying to understand the process of buying real estate and am hoping someone could shed some light on the experience from beginning to end!

It's very difficult due the nature and age and deferred maintenance on most of the properties you'll be looking at.Do your homework, take the online course under the education tag, listen to many of the podcasts, read many of the blog posts and guides, buy recommended books and learn more, ask questions in the forums, get as much value out of the time you spend on BiggerPockets as you can.