@John Underwood do houses have stronger bookings or about the same.

Banks seem VERY cautious of commercial, specifically office space for obvious reasons.At this point I am thinking of waiting until 2021 because my tax returns will be stronger and the building will have better seasoning.Interested to hear about what other commercial investors are experiencing? 

We are in an environment of unprecedented cap rate compression and record low interest rates which is only headed in one direction after this is all over.Yes, make no mistake, the music will soon stop.That has very little to do with an upcoming election and is regardless of who wins the White House or who controls congress after November.If you've listened to Kevin Bupp and Rod Khleif, you know what happened to their portfolios in 2008.These were no amateurs, as a matter of fact, they had many years of investment experience when the music stopped.They both weathered the storm and came back stronger and that is why I remain a shameless fan of both men till today.Several others were not that lucky, and you will never hear their names.In this space today, there are investors and there are educators.The educators have taken over the habitat.That is why there are now more podcasts on real estate than I can get through in a working week.Real Estate education is so very lucrative now that it is possible to make way more money from podcasts and books than in actual real estate investment for some gifted marketers with smooth tongues and gifted content creators.more....To read full article,click link below:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Ideally I would love to attend meetups and networking events, as I believe in person connections can be much stronger.

BTW, from my experience, if you can get a mortgage, and use the $55k as a down-payment on a nice middle-class community w/ good schools house, newer, nicer, attracts stronger tenants, over 10+ years of holding you will be much better off. 

If anything, we're seeing a continually stronger market shift towards the seller's as more people are trying to take advantage of the current interest rates.

But you'll have a stronger leg to stand on.  

A cast iron pipe with injected liner will be stronger than a PVC pipe.

You might have a brand new home with very little CAPEX compared to an old home with stronger rents but huge amounts of deferred maintenance.

If you like, I can put you in touch with our go to lender for owner occupied properties; he's in the top 1% of loan originators and makes you a stronger Buyer.