Commercial investors

[Arielle Darby]

What's the best way to run into commercial investors? I seem to only find residential investors. I'm not apart of my local REIA; will that be a problem? Any insight on wholesaling commercial property and getting serious investors in the Cleveland area would be very much appreciated

[Roger Lin]

I started out in residential investments and was in the same place a few years back. I would advice you to get involved in organizations like NAIOP (there are regional chapters near you), ULI. You will need to get educated too in commercial real estate because it is vert different from residential. You might want to look at local universities and find MRED/MSRED (Masters in Real Estate Development) programs. If you don't want to commit yourself to a graduate degree program, these places will likely hold seminars and other short-term programs.