Retail strip centers, large apartment buildings, etc. just tend to take more time to evaluate properly before setting as a selection.

The focus is on cash flow and creating multiple profit centers per deal (e.g. down payments, monthly payment difference, sales price difference).

Or your helmet just before the The center hikes you the ball on a football game?

The larger shopping centers can take many years from planning, to shovel,to completion so I tend to stay away from those unless the location is phenomenal.   

It is in a great location right across from a great school, also walking distances from a rec center, park and basement fields. 

Possibly somewhere in Oakland, San Leandro, or Hayward would be a good center point for most people?

This is a pretty common topic, but I haven't seen my specific question answered - most seem to center around single member LLCs or committing to Commercial loans.A couple of partners and I are finally ready to get started in REI (had my first post last Nov., but a primary residence repair issue backed me up a couple of months while it was rehabed!).

The building will be the new community center for the Asian Health and Service Center.

If you are looking to flip a property, I'd look in the suburbs, Andover, Goddard, Maize, maybe Derby, Park City, or Valley Center.

If you're after higher cashflow than in an A or B neighborhood but yet still in a stable rental area then I would look at Grandview, Independence, Raytown, North of the River and the North East KC (above St John street)..maybe some areas around the new Cerner center might be OK too).