However, after marriage and children, I put my dreams on hold in search of what I thought was stability by way of a regular occupation.I've had a passion for real estate since I was 19 years old, but I've either been afraid to start, affected by the slow process, or allowed adversity to derail my plans.My goals are to get my Real Estate License, and work my way up to be successful on the retail side as well as the investor side.

That would give you NOI pre-tax to meet your goals.You could also go after a retail strip center or a value add type of deal to force appreciation.In commercial it's all about the NOI and not comparable sales to drive equity growth and cash flow.

I have spoken to three local RE investors and they told me they have bought at 80-85% of retail and they were happy with that number, one of them even bought at 90% and still made a profit when he sold!

You are buying a property from a Realtor so that means fair market retail price.

When you are used to paying wholesale for something, paying retail or even discounted retail just feels wrong.Thank you again for your reply

Hi Rhonda,I did two podcasts on commercial real estate on BP.One was multifamily years ago.The other one was on multifamily and retail NNN investing.

Ive grown up dealing with commercial income property, being partners with my father in a 3 unit and a 1 unit retail building.

If the deal is an income property, i.e. 5+ unit apartment building, self storage facility, mobile home park, office building, retail center, etc then the value can be calculated from the Net Operating Income capitalized at some given rate.

You paid retail and financed 100% of the house.

My areas of expertise nationally is transacting deals for retail triple net leasing, strip centers, etc. and then larger apartment buildings.I also represent clients with considerable funds as well.