I use encompass and allied.

For me commercial encompasses tons of niches.

Now it also encompasses lots of onerous issues regarding underwriting and servicing, at least in my state CA.

This is far from all encompassing, but a quick rule of thumb is stay away from anything south of downtown.

@Alina Trigub You're right about needing to avoid the assumption that secular markets will perform the same as the larger market that encompasses it.

Who else will take the initiative to spend our grand kids money and expand gov to encompass businesses and wallstreet?

A buy/sell contract is only entered into when a buyer is ready to purchase.Politicians, law makers, agencies, may have a different, more all encompassing and overreaching interpretation of the above.

I know that you and James are very much against "wholesaling" per se but "wholesaling" as defined in the REI community, including BP, encompasses assigning of contracts as well as marketing properties you have under contract with neither the means and/or the intent on closing.

The curriculum encompasses all areas of real estate including finance, appraisal, development, asset management, market analysis, law and the regulatory environment and urban land economics.

This doesn't encompass rehabs or big repairs, but for general (easy) number running-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/1...For rehabs and estimates and stuff, you'd just throw those into the equations.Definitely only use the 50% rule for quick property browsing and nothing more.