Around here everybody slaps a restaurant inside but it's discovered those aren't always the best uses in the long run.

Since I do not plan to purchase restaurants for the rest of my life I believe rental income real estate is an excellent alternative. 

Also for me I am a little funny.. when I pay anything like a credit card at a restaurant with a tip or whatever I also make the number even.. so with my mortgages  lets say the mortgage is 1225  I always rounded up to 1300- or 1500... on my personal home I rounding up by a few grand a month... this served me well when the crash happened the home I was living in I had almost paid off in 7 years .. so I had enough equity in it to sell it and get a big wad of cash ( tax free on the gain of course) to live to fight another day.. if I stayed at constantly pulling cash out and reinvesting..

I'm Aaron, and 3 weeks of late night research on youtube lead me to a chain of channels and videos that has led me here.

This will cut down if not outright eliminate tenant locks outs & reduce your lock change costs at every turnover.Remove ceiling fans & light fixtures with anything like a chain that can be pulled or hung on.

I took him out for breakfast in a nearby restaurant and this is the advice he gave me. 

I've worked in restaurant management, corporate IT M&A work, and now I run an oil distribution center; and just starting my real estate career with 1.5 house-hack deals in.The primary reason I'm not more deals in is I am working on my crippling student debt first.... aside from that major negative, yes I feel my education has helped significantly in every role and will be a big positive with real estate.

I don't think research online or even word of mouth compares to a weekend trip to check out the restaurants, bars etc across various neighborhoods.  

With many of the layoffs taking place in hospitality, tourism, and restaurants, we will see a more acute impact tenants’ ability to pay rent, particularly in Class C apartments, often termed as workforce housing, and in areas of the country where  the employment base is more heavily skewed toward hospitality and tourismHowever, we think that multifamily is resilient enough that in spite of this historic downturn, it will still take some time before multifamily operations are impacted to a level that causes owners to exit voluntarily or under distressed scenarios.

Some will have markets they cater too like real estate, restaurants etc.....I have used 2 in the past and can't say I recommend/not recommend them, meaning, they did fine.