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The Biggerpockets books were fundamental to the start of my journey in REI.

Maybe I will look into it when I’m more deep into my investment journey. 

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@Raymond Charles Gretz Welcome to Bigger Pockets and I wish you the best in your investing journey!!

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

Your journey into short-term rentals sounds like an exciting shift—I can feel your energy for taking on a new challenge. 

I'm more so wondering what makes the most sense as I do want to treat my investing journey as a business.Thank you in advance for your advice!