When you borrow against one property and someone else is paying back the loan, your using OPM to purchase the next money, so you can afford to pay closer to retail price and still have a great CoC return!

So the free cash flow are all used to accelerate payment of his mortgages.He tells me his contracting business is in construction, mainly retail stores interiors and store fronts, and when business is slow, he sends his crew to work on his rentals, even extensive rehabs.

As has already been mentioned, any retail purchase of SFR in San Diego will be cash flow negative yet many investors purchase them.  

Look at the neighborhood and find out how many homeowners are still there, and how many retail sales have happened over the last 6 or 12 months.

maybe as it relates to how to run proforma's on income property.. and they are retail owner occ agents.. 

Originally posted by @Viet Hoang:How do I get "Investor Pricing" vs "Retail Pricing" from GCs?

It comes down to simple numbers, wholesalers can look at dozens of properties per month, thus picking up experience at a break neck pace.

There is very little money in it at all.I have a friend whose company manages about 15 million sq ft of retail and it's almost a break even proposition at best.

I've gotten a lot of experience here analyzing retail, medical, and office properties for investors.

The balance is about $245k, and retail market value is maybe $215k.