As landlords, I think we can help with references to other landlords, helping tenants understand the impact of not prioritizing bills well, and maybe helping them fund appliances to keep them away from rent to own stores. 

Networking Efficiencies – One of the beautiful things with the crowdfunding platforms is that they capture and store a lot of information about you and your deals and present all of this information professionally online.

An example would be a new Walgreen's Drug Store.  

I work for a grocery store now but my goal is to be in real estate by the end of next year and have that as my main job.

One was a day sleeper that I awoke but I came back with a sign to put above his doorbell, " Warning day sleeper, deaths caused by not reading this sign are not the problem of the owner" He smirked when I gave it to him but when I saw him in a store he yelled out nobody has rang the bell yet.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/storeThen you have BP's own resource of the Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investinghttp://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingStart window shopping at Lowes, Home Depot and any other store to get an idea of cost of materials.

The development, although beautiful and self sufficient (grocery stores, schools, etc) it is in the middle of no where and about a 30-40 minute drive to the nearest city.I wouldn't want to invest in a pre-construction  project where the community is already struggling with vacancies.  

Line up at the store before it opens.

The big box stores don't seem to have ones that will. 

That end buyer spends a couple thousand in loan fees and inspections, that end buyer sells their home and stores property moving into some motel for a week prior to their closing.