I like the idea of being able to buy one or 2 houses (or multifamily, commercial property) at a time, paying them off, then add another...Dave Ramsey style.

From that, be reasonable, if you're new you won't be getting their best commercial financing arrangement.

I have also been involved in a few rehab/flip projects and numerous residential and commercial real estate transactions.My brokerage, based in Carlsbad, specializes in mutli-family properties.

If they are all in one building it is a commercial loan and you are not getting a 20 year loan.

Our primary focus is commercial buy and hold but we also have a budget set aside for residential flipping projects so that we may hopefully free up some of the capital tied up in long term deals.

Buying into an MFU 5+ will need a commercial loan, require an LTV of 70-75% and a DSCR > 1.1 -- 1.3, but also ignore your personal credit and the DTI issue.

I currently work in the Commercial Real Estate Industry as a Software Director and ive always been intrigued in Buying/Selling homes.

An experienced agent or broker who has done residential/commercial deals should assist you in crunching the numbers and help you find deals that make sense for you financially.

That is a 5 years more or less engagement.2/ Buying into a sponser project where a commercial property is bought/fixed/rented etc'. this is a syndication, and again, it is a pool of investors, but unlike #1 it is one big property.3/ use a turn key investment property4/ buy locally and do it myself.I know #4 pros/cons, but I don't feel I know enough how to evaluate the pros/cons between 1 and 2.

We value commercial RE based on NOI and Cap Rate2.