@Crystal Smith At the moment we work with several large, established sponsors and developers.  

If you are fully 100% crystal clear on what you want to do and explain that to a broker/agent and they say no you can still stay professional and keep things cordial.

@Crystal Smith I guess for teh first part of you answer, I would say I would have to base that off the type of tenants I am targeting, like Seth said.

Nothing is impossible but unless you have a focused goal, patiences, the ability to defer gratification and crystal clear process and systems it will never happen.

No one has a crystal ball and real estate is extremely local.  

Hey there Crystal welcome and congrats for taking action!!

@Crystal Smith How do I find the information?

prop. tax, insurance, prop. mgmt,  maintena. and vacancy. appreciation is a speculative number bc none of us have a crystal ball. to answer your question how can you tell if this is a good investment.  

Louis area just south in Crystal City, MO.  

unlikely, but unless someone has a crystal ball, I don't think anything is certain either.