Hi,The tenant background check service I usually use (not going to name them here) no longer does employment verification. a) Is there a service you recommend?

I don't know much about commercial other than that market is more expensive and more numbers driven.

There might be driven piers in there already, or it could be the DIY special.I watched one family jack their house up four feet in the air, build a foundation of lumber stacks and sit it back down, reattach the plumbing and then build a curtain wall around it.It's best to get under there and look at what's there before you buy.Good Luck!

If there are 2 properties in the same neighborhood and same build quality ,lets say in a B- neighborhood where property A is valued at 150k and property B is valued at 250 K ; and the median price in that neighborhood  is 270k  ... do both properties appreciate at the same rate or does being close to the median have an affect on the appreciation ?

Too many new investors fall into this trap of wanting to collect assets and are ego-driven by the doors, but when you have 5 properties bought at 100k that cashflow $100/month, one repair can ruin your profits on all properties at once.

Much of the real estate activity over the past two years has been largely driven by factors that have all been used up prior to Covid. 

when I was building out in Hood river a few years ago and one of Boeing's subsidies ( builds drones) was taking up 70% of the office space up and down the Gorge I worried about what would happen if Boeing pulled out.Growing up in Silicon valley many dont realize that, the market there pre computers was driven by aerospace IE Lookheed.Or Pre computer in Seattle Boeing Sneezed and Seattle caught the flu.

@Evan Polaski that's a good point, we all have to factor in our risk tolerance which is driven by factors such as age, employment, cash reserves, expenses, etc.

Typically 4 units and under will fall under residential guidelines, and loan decisions will be driven off of your income / credit more so than property performance.

My wholesale connections here in Ca. have driven the costs so high now that they aren't as good a source as far as I can tell.