I have been analyzing commercial real estate opportunities involving stores like Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar.

In any case, I suggest you get involved with whatever local investor or landlord group their may be in your area and get some education on managing rentals.

Every extra week vacant often costs more than the savings from DIY labor.A few common rules of thumb:If the unit can rent quickly at a strong rate, owners lean toward outsourcing to minimize downtime.If it’s a lower-rent unit with lighter work, some will DIY to protect margins.Anything involving trades (plumbing, electrical, flooring, major cleaning) usually gets outsourced for quality and timeline control.Location and rent level matter, but speed and reliability usually drive the decision.

Today those properties are some of my best performing rentals and reopened my eyes to long term rental ownership.Everything I do is still heavy value add or ground up development but holding long term has changed how I underwrite and design projects compared to a scenario where the real estate is sold immediately after completion.First, I can justify using higher quality and more durable fixtures and materials.

@Connor DoughertyHey Connor, Dayton also has some amazing opportunities right now with lower entry prices, strong rents, and solid appreciation potential, so it’s worth keeping an eye there alongside Cincinnati.

Hey everyone, looking for some experienced eyes on a deal I’m currently under contract on and would really appreciate feedback or things I should be stress-testing. 

I’m also seeing strong EMD financing demand from wholesalers, who benefit from not putting their own money down to secure the deal.We’ll see what the rest of the year brings, but I’m keeping my eyes open to see which trends end up defining 2025 and setting the stage for 2026.Which markets or asset classes are you seeing the strongest demand in right now?

While there are other forms involved in the process, the bottom line is that most of the contracts you will use will be on standard forms that are available online.Myth #4 – Listing agents won’t sell to self-represented buyersOf all the myths we encountered, this was perhaps the most pervasive.

In other words like most things the government gets involved in, the cure is worse than the disease.   

I'm out 10s of thousands of dollars and wish I had never got involved with the program.