Sorry if this question has been asked or if it seem silly, but I read on the commercial real estate lending requirements and it seems lenders look at the investment return of the property itself to decide if they will lend or not.

I have seen the post you mentioned too - will read them again.

The past month I have been listening to podcasts and reading everything I can get my hands on.

As a newbie I've been listening to the podcasts, reading the recommended books and educating myself to know as much as I can before I move out east to NC to start my new real estate journey.Anyone out there from Thousand oaks area who would like to sit down over coffee and share some stories and ideas, please feel free  send me a message.

  ABSOLUTELY NOT  1031 has time restrictions to identify and purchase like kind and typically you'll  buy a more valuable and thus more expensive Rev gen property to avoid the punishing penalties paid on the Boot( cash in ha d because you selected an exchange property that was fewer dollars than The sale price of last property go to irs site and read sec 1031 it's been there a hundred years it's really clear 

Read as much as you can here and in books.

Read, read, read these forums as much as you can, then ask specific questions.

After reading many of the BP forums I feel I'm finally ready to step from behind the computer screen and finally get my feet wet.

@Pete Budagher- listening to the podcasts is a great way to be exposed to different ways of investing in real estate, and can help you notice which strategy/niche you gravitate to.For example, after listening to many podcasts, reading a lot of books, I noticed that multi-family investing was my 'thing' and I now spend a lot of time on that (networking, learning, etc.).

I recently finished reading the book on "Investing in Real Estate with No (and low) Money Down" by Brandon Turner and it turned me into a believer; and its only one book of the seven I purchased!