But never pulled the trigger.

I haven't yet pulled the trigger on a commercial property, I'm just spit balling.

If you are and you think you will need the internal piers later, it is better to just do them now so that you do not have to pull up the flooring later.

Fast forward to today, I'm pulling in a tad under $2,500 a month with 7 rentals.I've been told "no", "you can't", "you don't know what you're doing" more times than I can remember.  

This prevents you from having to fill out multiple applications and have your credit pulled unnecessarily. 

We have moved to hardwired-interconnected with battery backup (in older buildings we use the ones that interconnect wirelessly if we cannot easily pull a 14/3 between the detectors).We also make it very clear in our lease that disabling or impairing the functionality of any fire/gas detection or suppression equipment is a minimum $200.00 fine and cause for termination of the tenancy.

So, I pull up my bankrate app to do a further calculation.

If you overpay your cashflow will be in jeopardy and you will not be able to refi to pull out moneyAlways buy on actual numbersYou learned more on one deal than most investors learn in 5 yearsYou will land a deal soonStay motivated and on the lookoutGino

However, my mortgage broker said I can't refi them for an equity pull because of Fannie Mae restrictions.She said I could refi them into a commercial loan, but I think my cash flow would greatly suffer because of a shorter amortization timeframe.

(as there are every where) You would just need to spend a good amount of time really learning the area and being comfortable with all the forces at play where you eventually decide to pull the trigger.