If I can gain nearly $100k equity in this, i would want to look more into it :)

I am a loan officer with a hard equity lender in South Florida, and it seems that our guidelines are constantly changing.

The deals I'm referring to were near the listing price.

Lets say that that the per hour labor rate is the same here as it is near you.

But if you know your stuff you can have success in nearly any area!

I think if I looked at my education as my backup I wouldn't have moved forward nearly as fast as I have.

Well, if those are the real numbers, I'd say you're getting a hell of a deal...Looks like you'd be buying with a near 17% cap rate, 30% COC return, and 31% total return...in fact, if you could turn around and sell it as a 9-cap, you could immediately turn a $250K profit (even after selling fees!)...

Zac, look on the navigation bar to the left and near the bottom under Local Resources there is a link that says Real Estate investment clubs.

Less than a year ago, Ocala was rated the best performing city in terms of sustainable jobs and economic growth (out of 200 metropolitan areas in the United States) by the Milken Institute in California.Ocala has a stronge manufacturing sector that has grown 70 percent over the past five years, outpacing nearly all the rest of the nation.

Commercial leases nearly always require tenants to pay for repairs and maintenance, and the contractual mechanisms for ensuring performance are well-established.2) Get the master lessee to pay a higher lease, but cover the cost of repairs and maintenance yourself (as landlord).