@Carol Talbott,I just discovered this in selling my own house.In the past, yes - the title company requested this.Apparently, some privacy legislation changed all that.

So far, I've only discovered that "Direct Lenders" can be cheaper than "Mortgage Brokers" because the mortgage brokers charge you a commission in addition to the lending fees.  

Lining those three components up is the challenge, and while I am still relatively new myself, I find that at different points of our business, each point of the triangle has posed different challenges.  

Let us know what you discover and share your experience. 

Tiffany, commercial properties are valued based on their NOI (net operating income) and their market cap rate.NOI = $100,000 / 10% cap rate = $1,000,000 market value (for illustration purposes)The NOI will be provided in the offering memorandum along with it's components (rents and expenses) and you should run your own figures through some type of deal analyzer to come up with your own estimate of NOI.  

@Odie Ayaga   thank you so much i will definitely do that , i just signed up so i am still discovering what's around me 

Hey BP,I just recently discovered BP and am very excited to be a part of this community.

Dear BiggerPockets, would you consider performing a survey of the community to discover what investors look for when working with real estate agents.This would really help agents step up their game.

. :) Bill - I'm hearing attorney fees for putting together just a couple of components of a Fair Housing CMS running $8-$25,000 depending on the size of the operation.

banks wont' usually make loans to your LLC if your just starting out.. so you may want to do a TIC and then a buy sell ... do you have the credit and income to REFI that seems to be the critical component here.so set it up as TIC  do a refi  then envoke your buy sell agreement.. very simple