I have been an entrepreneur for 15 years.

I was just wondering today about the possibility of "business hacking" - whereby an entrepreneur that needs office/retail/commercial space to operate his/her business might buy a small office piece of commercial real estate, rent out other parts of the property, and operate the business from one of the units.It seems to me like this approach might have much of the benefits of "house-hacking" in the sense that the owner gets to manage the property from right next door, and can more easily maintain a substantial piece of real estate without property management being needed.Has anyone heard of entrepreneurs that operate in this way?

With 9 years of hindsight, what would you tell an aspiring investor who has the exact same question in today's market?

Kind of a strange question, but I heard it being discussed recently by a family friend that is a successful entrepreneur and I wanted your take on this.

I am an aspiring investor and native resident of the Yuba City / Sutter / Marysville area in California.

I plan to acquire a mentor and complete my first deal by March 15, yea it's the Ides of March which only brought bad luck to that Roman dictator but I figure it's lucky for me.With March completing my first deal I plan to slowly wean myself from my regular day to day tasks and to be financially secure to be a full time entrepreneur in this business by December 31.Between March and December 2015 I will complete at least a deal a month wholesaling ( $5000 minimum profit per deal) while I fine tune and learn other aspects of REI.

I am a Strategy Consultant at Deloitte Consulting by day, and an aspiring real estate investor on nights and weekends.

These "Cities of Aspiration" aspire to be like "Superstar Cities" and included among them are Charlotte, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, and Atlanta.In addition, in order to attract businesses and new jobs, these cities are also providing a low-cost of doing business, pro-growth tax policy, and therefore, they are enjoying strong population and job growth.

Bringing in new homes directly through the manufacturer with a program like the CASH Program from 21st Mortgage is likely the fastest way to achieve what you described above while achieving the consistent and clean/safe vibe you aspire to create.  

Hello All,My name is Kevin Patterson and I am an aspiring real estate investor from Franklin, TN (a suburb 20 min south of Nashville).