Hi Rod,If you want to be lower than 25% on a commercial deal, you could structure a seller financing or structure partial bank financing with seller financing on second position.

I just purchased a duplex about 3 months ago and recently had the lower tenant move out because I raised rent higher than she could afford. 

Hello, I am looking to buy my first property (most likely an investment fourplex), but just left my job to start a grad program.

I started letting them know the requirements upfront.

Much of lower Manhattan went for almost 2 weeks without electricity, heat etc.

I would also recommend doing a walkthrough video so your buyers can understand the layout and make you a soft offer before seeing it.There are many more things that would facilitate the sales process on the acquisition side, but since you are starting out, keep it simple and do not make an offer on-site since you said you are new and might not know how to run the numbers.

I’m frequently asked by new investor hopefuls how to get started in real estate when cash is light.

Start low if possible, offering yourself to the companies, and listen a lot of podcast from people that did this.- Partner is always better, but to put your name out there you have to do it yourself.

In the meantime I’m all about growing my portfolio and connecting with others and I’ve just quit my full time job to focus on my real estate and work on growing my portfolio and starting to do more work in my portfolio as I’m able to.

For restaurants, rent should ideally be under 10% of gross sales, so I believe $5,500 a month is fair.The seller doesn't have a rent roll or strong financials, and his tax returns are 50% lower than his claims.