@Ibrahim Mawri I've not worked on car washes specifically but have been a part of ground up builds or conversions, and in general its all going to be site and local dependent.You don't want to just get an understanding of the zoning, but also to your point any new, or changed regulations triggered by the repurpose. 

I would be very careful in doing this and understanding what state you were doing it in as in many states it is now considered predatory and illegal.

This means going beyond the office and sharing meals together.I remember one instance where we closed a significant deal, we made the effort to understand the broker's interests.

@Kieran Collings wrote:“I understand the hard money lender position is more secure in regards to a financial risk position.”Not necessarily, Kieran.

Understand the costs, the ARV's the exit plans you have. 

Investors should fully understand that Section 8 is not a cure-all for Class C & D tenant challenges, it's just trading one set of problems for another.We see too many investors not doing enough research to fully understand all this and making naïve investing decisions.Once you understand the above, you still need to find a property.

That’s why the first step is always to understand exactly which auction you are dealing with.

I don’t understand it at all.

Understanding Submarket Trends?

.- Understand that while they are trying to be helpful, their advice is often extremely biased & myopic as it is based on their limited experience.- A few others may appear to be giving their personal advice, but if you track their posts you'll soon see they are actually covertly promoting a service provider:(3) Age of advice - be very careful with this one.