It’s also very popular right now as it’s a very fragmented market and the game is changing rapidly in terms of new types of stores being built in urban and suburban locations.Make sure to do your research and study the markets you are looking to invest in as there are a lot of stores in the development pipeline right now and most REITS are pulling back  on purchases.

Nixon, here is someone in Cedar Rapids who I'm sure would handle something in Tiffin:Megan PapeSenior Lead Interior Designer, Allied ASIDloriwilesdesign.comOffice: 319.550.0149 / Cell: 319.240.0199

We have to have them on 8/point foundations ($8000) or full perimeter foundations (15-$20,000)to get them financed, most already have 8/point foundation in place, or I have it put in.The median home price in our area is $490k and climbing rapidly.

Girard Ave commercial strip is rapidly growing plus you've got some commercial on 29th as well as Cecil B.

Columbus is the only Ohio market that has seen rapid growth in jobs and population.

If someone can max out tax advantaged accounts while still saving enough to rapidly grow a real estate portfolio, then by all means that would be the way to go.

Now is probably good time to get those HELOCs in place while you can, so you will be ready to go when things get cheap again.Mark the first thing to get frozen in a down turn IS the HELOC's  banks can call those and freeze them at anytime.. the only thing that would be immune from that is putting term mortgage's on your stuff and then putting the cash in the bank.. or investing it for at least as much as your interest is.. ( which there are funds you can do that , those funds allow U to call your money in 30 day increments.) 

And that would allow for much more rapid growth after that. 

Just trying to get a few base hits initially, and then scale rapidly from there. 

I have already incrementally paid him a total of 36k (w/ credit card)  and I don’t know what to do.