You need to learn the business including deal structure, creative financing, raising private money and how to find properties.

So, if you don't have enough money to pay for the due diligence, I'm assuming you are planning on raising money to buy the asset. 

Hmmm...The other big reason the town wants you to pull permits, other than getting fees, is so that the tax assessor can raise your assessment to get some more taxes out of you. 

She can speak more to the financing part, but my parents raised me mostly in an RV until age 4 while my dad was playing professional golf.

I plan to invest in commercial real estate by the end of the year but I need to raise money for the downpayment first.If I borrow money from an investor for the downpayment, would I be able to refinance the property and give them their money back after a year? 

If you are doing a raise for each property (this is the most common), then you will likely have different investors in each investment and therefore need different entities for each property. 

Matt Faircloth’s Raising Private Capital will help your find money in places you already have available to you, as well as learn how to always be raising!

My mentor has over 300 multi units in his control, raised millions of dollars, and close to a decade of investing experience. 

Worry about getting your occupancy up first and then raise your rates. 

Home was built in 1935 and is on raised foundation.