Unfortunately after examining the actual financials he backed out of the deal.

Fort Smith is coming back, but their fundamentals have been pretty bad the last couple of years, so I'd examine the specific deal very carefully before jumping in there.

Then I drive and personally examine each and every property.

Hi @Todd Ayers Here is the definition from our new glossary "This is an examination of the prices of different properties within the same area as the property a buyer is considering for purchase.

@Arthur Buffington - this was the first four plex that we had looked at as a possibility when examining the area.  

Examine the background qualifications of those in charge/working for the city.

If you are looking for property values and other demographic information such as income, you can look on the site city-data.com and use the map feature to examine different areas of the city. 

Now the situation is that I am cross examining their deals and I am hesitant to make offers on retail deals thinking that may be one of these days I actually get a deal with manageable risk to actually proceed.

So you want to make sure you expand your portfolio at a sustainable rate so that you are always comfortable from a cash-flow standpoint.You may also wish to share your numbers here for your current rentals so that we can examine it more closely and give you better feedback.

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