Hi I live in Georgia , but from New York City, I'm new to real estate wholesale but ready to jump in.I would love any advice or books or blogs on the subject.Looking to go far in this business I have already started receiving leads in my area, and trying to follower steps to evaluate the properties.

Fellow BPers,I found a commercial retail property (strip mall) that I am interested in but I have no idea how to evaluate it.

@Gard Van Antwerp - I have some knowledge of the cabin/log kits.  

1.Yes I highly suggest you walk through each property and evaluate them in person so you have an idea of what kinds of repairs the property needs.

The unknowns are the deferred maint. during your DD have a property inspector evaluate the property.

When consodering purchasing a 1st lien your exit strategy is going tonbe through the property, my recommendation wotld be to evaluate it on terms og the property and its condition.  

I recommend you review @Brie Schmidt website on Turnkey companies so you can evaluate the turnkey investors you're considering.  

You've got some time but you may want to think about a model that is buy, fix, rent, then evaluate after a year or so to see if you want to continue holding it as a rental.  

But, when you need to know to make the choice you can make some assumptions  that you can evaluate as you go.  

The 2nd meeting was how to evaluate deals in rental properties.