I have a buddy who has 3 subway shops those do well.. not sure what is worse dealing with minimum wage in in the food service industry or working with low end contractors pick your poison

You have to be committed to being better than everyone else in your industry every step of the way.

Larger Industrial property is a fairly hot area right now due to the e-commerce boom so you might find a bank that's interested. 

This means around the 1st of the year there is a temporary boom of unqualified renters entering the market and to make matters worse the temperature normally drops tremendously which increases the danger of frozen pipes or high utility bills (choose one or the other) insurance agents tend to frown upon vacancies... 

I was in real estate sales and Property Management for 16 years, but left the industry at the time of the real estate bubble to go back to college. 

It worked out great and he paid almost my whole mortgage then we split the utilities. 

Their portion of the rent is $115 a month as well as utilities. 

I get a lot of newbies asking me what are the key ingredients in being successful in the real estate industry.

But for now, I am willing to do whatever it takes to thrive and kill, not literally, in this industry.

I am a UT graduate working in the tech industry now with the hopes to break into the real estate investing industry.