Once I have experience with the small multi family, I'd like to raise capital for the next one (about to start reading Raising Private Capital), using my first deal as a way to show experience.My question through my introduction is, who are some of the best commercial brokers in the area that I could connect with to find properties within this criteria?

I have a some capital to invest and a background in commercial/residential plumbing & irrigation (that might come in handy to keep rehab costs down).

I never felt it as I made the payment on the 401k loan the same amount as my contribution, so I just continued making contributions or in this case, loan payments, and it was paid off pretty fast.That house turned out to be my best of all time (thanks to Austin, Tx appreciation and a 15 yr mortgage) and I've since 1031'd it into a $1M commercial property. 

If I were in your shoes I'd get some sort of portfolio or commercial loan on some of the properties you own while continuing to rent them out and allow your tenants to pay back the note

Could someone please give me any advice on finding ARVs for smaller non commercial multis. 

Been an owner for 4-5 years, learned quite a few things already, among which is that a commercial kitchen is not something to be made or modified lightly - it has to be properly designed and properly made in order to function well.So I have this retail store of about 1100 sqft that someone wants to take for a small coffee shop with the ability to bake.My question is where do I start searching for someone to design/compute small walk-in cooler, grease trap, vent-a-hood, stove and HVAC on top of that so all this could become useable without anyone getting burned.From my past experience I have local mexican crews who can do any and all of the listed things and they'd do them relatively well except they won;t ever be designed to actually work well together.On the other end of the spectrum I've worked with american general contractors and they tend to cost 2-3 times the Mexican crews and, at least in my case, ended up delivering about same end result (in all fairness it was only kitchen remodeling, not design from ground up; but statement stands valid and I was able to later do almost the same at literally third of the cost).Your expertise is appreciated.

I would like to build up and make a 2 story apartment or residential above commercial as the city allows.

Hi, I'm new to commercial real estate investment.

Commissioner, supra , the agents were actively involved in managing commercial real property, to a sufficient degree to be engaged in a trade or business.

In the commercial mortgage space we have found that NPN investments can be divided between(1) purchasing NPNs in which we’ve had no or minimal contact with the borrower, and(2) purchasing NPNs in which we’ve worked out details of a restructuring with the borrower prior to purchasing the noteAlthough the following is in no way a scientific, statistically verifiable conclusion, here is what we’ve concluded through empirical evidence1 - purchase discounts from UPB do not differ either way2 - having borrower agreement before note purchase results in much greater chance of creating a reperforming note3 - having borrower agreement before note purchase results in much less chance of having to foreclose4 - having borrower agreement before note purchase results in borrower seeing us as an ally not as an enemyAside from 1 above, the results are exactly what you’d expect.