Though I met a lot of awesome people there, the job was polluted with favoritism and overall showed me I rather pursue my own passion which is living, eating, breathing the research and study of economics, market analysis, calculating the cash flows for various potential investment opportunities and generally being my own business man excites me like no other career path could."

Crown Point is my favorite spot to start my bike.

While I absolutely support our military, and accept them as tenants, they are my least favorite tenant type because of the short lease term and the fact that at least in our market, they are most likely to get orders to deploy or change duty stations in December - the worst time of year to have a vacancy.  

Yeah, the broker I use is a small office, VERY VERY good it was the owner of the office that noticed it (if anyone is looking for a commercial lender in Portland OR area DM me and I will send you their info.)Yes, it is a good property..was not run well for a long time, but big units, great location, just needs some more work (and now I have an extra $1000 a month to do it with  bwahahahahhah..hhhaaaahhh...ha...sorryPoorly run properties are my FAVORITE.

@Franklin Curry Jr DUDE...you are halfway to my FAVORITE stategy....forget the duplex, get a 4- plex! 

Hear some live music, etc. 

My favorite source for a beginner is Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

People just have to get out there and look, it might be smaller secondary markets, but those are my favorite anyways as there is less competing inventory, less competition for deals and less chance some big guy like yourself is going to come plop down a 200 unit building on the next block  ;)!!

I know the area well and knew this was a no-brainer; which are my favorite type of deals:) How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

All I ask is for you to share about some of your favorite deals and experience over coffee.