-Alex I love that you're going against the grain on commercial, would you mind sharing your plans for commercial and why you're pivoting to it?

I don't mean to step on any toes, just providing some food for thought.

@Jose RubiI came from dirt on food stamps so I can relate .

"Tired" (and retiring) landlords are the perfect sellers for structuring seller finance deals, since they are already conditioned to accept payments over time and they likely don't need a large lump sum at the time of closing.Just food for thought...

If there are no services in the area, like food, or shops, integrate that into your plan.

I’m in the food service industry myself and looking for a sales person.

I made appointments with the Food & Beverage mangers and I interviewed them to see if I wanted to work for Mickey Mouse.

Maybe pick out the top 10 performing fast food chains in your area or in other select states, then go to a big broker and start searching for deals. 

It's when you want more specific, finer-grained data, that they're happy to sell it to you.Individual investors as you're likely to find here on BP, can tell you their personal experiences buying a few properties in certain cities or town, but you're not likely to get a comprehensive overview of all cities and towns in the state, if that's what you're looking for.At the mid level, which you sometimes find here, are active agents who probably have a sense of trends in certain cities and towns, and will be happy to talk to you about their thoughts on that, but who still probably don't have access to enough transaction data to give you an idea of cap rates in every city/town (unless they pay for such reports and are happy to share the information with you as their client, of course :)If you're really asking, "where can I get the most bang for my buck?"

I'm new to REI, so take what I say with a grain of salt.You need to quantify and qualify the amount of risk you're willing to take.