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Commercial Real Esta te Investing

• Maybe there is a parcel of land next to a highway where you can
now envision a small office building or strip mall. You could buy

the land and flip it to a developer for a nice profi t.

• Maybe there is a run - down strip mall (several stores next to each
other in a row) that you pass every day while driving to work.
You notice that with some simple improvements this area could
be getting much more business.

• You see a For Sale sign on a small office building, and contact the
owner. You realize that the numbers work for you to buy and
hold that property for long - term cash flow and appreciation.

Let your competitors wrestle each other over the single - family
home market. Commercial real estate will vastly broaden your
horizons.
Don ’ t get me wrong: I ’ m not suggesting that you must become
expert at every type of property. I just want to open your eyes to the
possibilities — right in your own backyard — that you may not have ever
considered.
You have to start somewhere, so it ’ s fine to pick one type of prop-

erty and get good at it. But don ’ t stop there. The more property types
you can invest in, the easier it will be to find a great opportunity.

Start anywhere you like — but make sure that you start . You do want
to be a transaction engineer, but you do not want to have analysis paraly-
sis, where you never quite get around to making offers and doing deals.
Later we ’ ll talk about how to take the weight off your shoulders
and how to build a low - cost team of professionals to do the heavy
lifting.

Less Competition: They ’ re Scared Off Because They Don ’ t Know
the Secrets You ’ ll Discover in This Book

In my investing and speaking travels around the United States, I talk
with a great many people. One of the most common excuses I hear for

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