Although, we have a general contract for any work, neither of us signs it - I pay him as the work progresses.

Since you're from Illinois, I assume you will be doing most of the transaction remotely, which means you won't be able to do much work yourself.

I signed up for Bigger Pockets Pro and calculated my numbers to see if they work out for me going forward or are they just bad deals.I am going to start looking at properties to buy this weekend and was wondering if anyone would like to take a look at a few reports I’ve done.  

I've heard of investors just paying the water bill and then billing back the tenants or just collecting a flat amount for water each month.2) I ask that they email me the application back and I get a copy of the photo ID at lease signing.

@Jose Castillo I think negotiating with the seller is an option to offer him a lower amount on the property and then he pays off the HOA as a part of the sales transaction.

Depreciation and amortization are non-cash transactions. 

I'm looking for CRE market data, specifically total transactions a year, both sales and leases. 

I actually just signed the lease last week and rented it out.

In my commercial properties, which are smaller with mostly mom& pop type businesses, we generally negotiate tenant improvements as part of signing a lease with a new tenant. 

You need to build a team on the ground who can go to your appointments and sign contracts.